Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the his Department's budget was spent on equipment orders placed with the UK arms of multinational companies.

The Ministry of Defence made payment to over 9,000 individual suppliers in financial year 2021-22. As such, details of how much was spent on equipment orders placed with the UK arms of multinational companies could be provided only at disproportionate cost.