HC Deb 17 February 1969 vol 778 cc54-5W
Mr. Sheldon

asked the Chancellor of Exchequer (1) if he will publish a breakdown of the expenditure on military defence, other than expenditure on the Defence Budget, for the years 1959 to 1968.

(2) if he will publish the full list of items included in expenditure on military defence, other than expenditure on the Defence Budget.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Expenditure on military defence, other than on the Defence Budget, comprises the items shown in lines two and three under "Defence" in the Treasury analysis of public expenditure in "National Income and Expenditure, 1963". The main components of "Other military defence expenditure" are allied, service expenditure, such as that on headquarters buildings and superannuation

£ million
1959–66 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68
Ministry of Technology and Defence (Army) purchasing repayment Services:
Progress payments on U.S. military aircraft. 52 90
Other −5 −26 8 15 −21 −15 −29 −16 5
Other military defence expenditure:
Allied services 28 29 29 47 60 59 62 68 75
Military aid 36 12 11 13 30 22 20 20 21
Other 16 8 6 31 −2 12 15 7
TOTAL 59 31 56 81 100 64 65 139 198