Defence expenditure
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on defence expenditure. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 08.01.2013 | Defence expenditure: Social Indicators page |
| Defence expenditure: Social Indicators page. By Gavin Berman. SN/SG/2623. | |
| 01.10.2012 | The cost of international military operations |
| This note provides a summary of the estimated and actual costs of the international military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. | |
| 08.02.2012 | The Defence of the Falkland Islands |
| This note looks at the UK defence presence in the Falkland Islands and reviews the current debate about whether the Islands are adequately defended in the event of future aggression. | |
| 16.10.2009 | Defence Expenditure |
| Defence Expenditure. By Sophie Gick. SN/SG/113. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.02.2008 | China's Military Posture |
| 17.09.2004 | Defence White Paper:future capabilities |
| The Defence White Paper: future capabilities. House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/72. | |
| 19.07.2002 | Defence Statistics - July 2002 |
| Defence Statistics - July 2002. House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/48. | |
| 21.12.2000 | Defence Statistics 2000 |
| Defence Statistics 2000. House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/99. (Updates RP 99/112). | |
| 15.10.1998 | The Strategic Defence Review White Paper |
| The strategic defence review White Paper. House of Commons Library Research Paper 98/91. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 13.09.2011 | The performance of the Ministry of Defence 2009-10. |
| Government response. Defence Select Committee; Ministry of Defence report [Commons] | |
| 15.02.2011 | The major projects report 2010. |
| Public Accounts Committee report [Commons] | |
| 08.12.2010 | Managing the defence budget. |
| Public Accounts Committee report [Commons] | |
| 08.12.2009 | MoD winter supplementary estimate 2009-10. |
| Defence Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 27.10.2009 | Ministry of Defence Main Estimates 2009-10. |
| Government response. Ministry of Defence; Defence Select Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 14.09.2011 | DEFENCE BUSINESS SERVICES |
| That this House expresses profound concern at the proposed appointment of a commercial management company to partner Defence Business Services; believes that allowing a private sector ... | |
| 17.02.2011 | TRIDENT SUBMARINE PROPOSALS |
| That this House strongly condemns the Government plans to order the steel for the first new Trident replacement submarine before any formal decision is made on whether to go ahead with ... | |
| 27.10.2010 | TRIDENT REPLACEMENT |
| That this House welcomes the announcement of a reduction in operational warheads from 160 to 120 in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and a delay in the Main Gate decision ... | |
| 26.05.2010 | TRIDENT AND THE STRATEGIC DEFENCE AND SECURITY REVIEW |
| That this House welcomes the Government's intention to hold a strategic defence and security review; notes with concern the stated intention to conduct it without giving due consideration ... | |
| 01.02.2010 | CONDUCT OF LORD MANDELSON |
| That this House notes that the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, right hon. Lord Mandelson, told the North West Evening Mail newspaper on 23 January 2010 of the ... |
