Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 48229, what the total change in costs related to exchange rate fluctuation was; and what additional budget was allocated to each budget holder affected to ensure that the affordability of each equipment programme was not affected.
This question was answered on 13th October 2022
The increase in costs related to exchange rate fluctuation at the beginning of the Department's latest ten year planning period was £403 million over ten years. This has been allocated to the Top-Level Budgets in Annual Budget Cycle 23.