Dog-Handling Establishments, Far East (Cost)

HC Deb 03 February 1966 vol 723 cc284-5W

Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what reduction in expenditure has been achieved in the dog-handling establishment at Singapore since July 1964.

Mr. Millan

The cost of the Royal Air Force dog-handling establishment in the Far East theatre has increased since July 1964 from an annual cost of £110,000 to an annual cost of £145,000, principally because of the greater threat to bases in this area as a result of confrontation with Indonesia. For the same reason there has also been an increase in the annual cost of the Army dog-handling establishment in the Far East from £216,000 in July 1964 to £296,000.