§ 77. Mr. de Freitasasked the Minister of Defence the amount of the total expenditure on defence since October, 1951.
§ Mr. SandysThe total net expenditure on defence since April, 1951, is about £11,150 million. It is not possible to attribute expenditure in 1951–52 before and after October. The total includes the provisional out-turn for 1957–58 and the revised Estimates figure for 1958–59, which takes account of a contribution of £12 million from the Federal German Government towards the local costs of British forces in Germany.