France: Military Alliances — Written Question

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled New Storm Shadow and missile cooperation to boost jobs as UK and France reboot defence relationship, published on 9 July 2025, what the breakdown is of each role within the 1,300 jobs that will be sustained by the agreement.

Answer

Maria Eagle

The jobs sustained and supported by the FC/ASW programme comprise approximately 900 roles in MBDA, 300 in the complex sub system supplier base with a further 100 in the commodities supply chain. The roles include engineering, programme management, supply chain management, manufacturing, logistics as well as supporting business delivery functions.