Written Question · S4W-00326 · Session 4
Whether it will provide an assessment of what impact the reduction of expenditure in Scotland by the Ministry of Defence from £1.72 billion…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an assessment of what impact the reduction of expenditure in Scotland by the Ministry of Defence from £1.72 billion in 2003-04 to £1.56 billion in 2007-08 has had on the Scottish economy.
The answer
The Scottish Government recognises the significant impact the reduction in the defence footprint in Scotland is having on communities and the wider Scottish economy.
The Scottish Government worked with the main Scottish party leaders on the cross party submission on the UK Government’s Defence and Security Review 2010 setting out the latest estimate of the economic impact from defence-related activity in Scotland. The submission can be assessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/defence/crosspartysubmission.
We will continue to press the UK Government for retaining the RAF bases at Lossiemouth and Leuchars, and putting the case for relocating the maximum number of personnel currently based in Germany to Scotland, along with securing the future of Scotland’s shipbuilding and defence support industries.
The Scottish Government worked with the main Scottish party leaders on the cross party submission on the UK Government’s Defence and Security Review 2010 setting out the latest estimate of the economic impact from defence-related activity in Scotland. The submission can be assessed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/defence/crosspartysubmission.
We will continue to press the UK Government for retaining the RAF bases at Lossiemouth and Leuchars, and putting the case for relocating the maximum number of personnel currently based in Germany to Scotland, along with securing the future of Scotland’s shipbuilding and defence support industries.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-00326 by reference.