§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the expenditure on military defence other than expenditure on the defence budget for the years 1963 to the most recent date;
(2) what was the expenditure on military defence other than expenditure on the defence budget expressed as a percentage proportion of gross national product at factor cost for the years 1951 to the most recent date;
(3) what estimate he has made of future expenditure on military defence other than expenditure on the defence budget.
§ Mr. DiamondThe following table shows expenditure on military defence other than on the defence budget in total and as a percentage of gross national product at factor cost for the years 1959–60 to 1967–68.
Other Military Defence Percentage of GNP at factor cost £ million 1959–60 … … 59 0.27 1960–61 … … 31 0.13 1961–62 … … 56 0.23 1962–63 … … 81 0.31 1963–64 … … 100 0.36 1964–65 … … 64 0.22 1965–66 … … 65 0.20 1966–67 … … 139 0.42 1967–68 … … 198 0.57 Similar information for the years before 1s959–60 is not available. The levels for 1968–69 and 1969–70 are expected to be progressively lower than that for 1967–68.