PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Defence expenditure
View Single Post
Old 5th February 2017 | 19:41
  #26 (permalink)  
Just This Once...
20 Anniversary
 
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,158
Likes: 49
From: UK
It's a one-way valve unfortunately. If you 'save' money on your project due to unusually favourable exchange rates you don't get to keep it - HM Treasury sucks it back. If your project takes a major hit at a contractual payment point then you either swallow the hit in some way or buy less - HM Treasury is unlikely to help.

HMG does not hedge money either, as a commercial company would, as that would be akin to insider dealing on the UK economy! Anyway, the Treasury does not lose if the exchange rate rises or falls as the MoD takes the hit.
Just This Once... is offline  
Reply