Kevan Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2016-07-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s planned expenditure is on UK defence attachés in each year to 2020.

Mike Penning

The following information shows Ministry of Defence funding for the Defence Attaché and Advisor Network to financial year (FY) 2019-20 including costs associated with the British Defence Section in Washington.

FY2016-17

FY2017-18

FY2018-19

FY2019-20

Attaché Costs

£39,616,021

£39,372,162

£38,899,766

£40,433,147

FCO Platform Charges

£13,136,434

£15,470,882

£15,689,819

£15,970,923

Total

£52,752,455

£54,843,044

£55,589,585

£56,404,070