Tom Pursglove – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Pursglove on 2016-03-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate how much the presence of the UK military in Cyprus contributes annually to the Cypriot economy.

Penny Mordaunt

The estimated economic benefit of British Forces Cyprus and the Sovereign Base Areas Administration to the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) economy was assessed in 2015 to be approximately 1% of RoC Gross Domestic Product.