HC Deb 19 June 1968 vol 766 cc157-8W
Mr. A. Royle

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will summarise the amounts spent on different products in the contracts for manufactured imports worth £120 million which were let by the Government departments during 1966–67.

Mr. Taverne

Government purchases of manufactured imports in 1966–67 may be summarised as follows:

£ million
Aircraft, guided weapons and associated equipment 83.4
Purchases in aid of the Polaris programme 6.7
Other major defence purchases 18.8
Other defence purchases 2.3
Medical equipment 1.2
Part-manufactured items for processing and re-export 0.7
Computers 0.7
Miscellaneous 7.1
120.9