{"value":{"id":1925754,"askingMemberId":5089,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-07-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-07-14T00:00:00","uin":"17109","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 3 December 2024 to question 15863 on Defence Equipment: Procurement, what his Department’s direct spend is for goods manufactured in China for a) 2024-25 and b) 2025-26.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4682,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-07-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (rounded to nearest £100,000)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>£3.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£2.7 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£3.1 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£3.7 miliion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>£5.3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024-25</p></td><td><p>£4.3 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table shows spend from China peaked in the final full year of the last administration.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide details of the specific items purchased as this spend data is captured by the MOD to monitor contractual spend. Statistical analysis and reporting is a secondary function.</p><p> </p><p>Work on gathering the necessary data for reporting 2025-26 figures is still underway so we are currently unable to provide a figure for China spend in this most recent year.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Defence Equipment: Procurement","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1925754","method":"GET"}]}