Defence Expenditure (Foreign Exchange)

HC Deb 16 July 1963 vol 681 cc48-9W

Mr. Callaghan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the foreign exchange cost in each of the last five years of defence expenditure in each of the following Commands, namely, Middle East Land and Air Forces, Far East Land and Air Forces, and Aden Command Royal Air Force, respectively.

Mr. Maudling

Overseas expenditure in the last five years, by the War Office in the areas covered by the Middle East and Far East Land Forces and by the Air Ministry in the areas covered by the

£ million
—	1958–59	1959–60	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63
Middle East
War Office	…	3.4	5.5	6.8	9.1	8.5
Air Ministry	…	3.6	3.3	5.7	7.8	9.0
Of which:—
Expenditure in Aden	…	2.5	2.3	2.8	3.4	4.5
Far East
War Office	…	24.9	26.0	29.7	30.5	30.6
Air Ministry	…	12.2	12.8	14.7	15.3	16.1