§ Sir Ian Orr-Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated value of defence equipment, including spares, imported from the United States of America in the current financial year; and how this compares with the values in 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.
§ Mr. John MorrisInformation on the value in particular periods of equipment deliveries over the whole field of imports of defence equipment from the United States is not readily available. Net payments to the United States for such equipment are expected to amount to £75 million in the current financial year. The final figure for 1968–69 was £81 million, and corresponding figures for earlier years were given in my replies to the hon. Member on 1st May, 1968, and to the hon. Member for Worcestershire, South (Sir G. Nabarro) on 18th December, 1968.—[Vol. 763, c.198; Vol. 775, c. 1364–5.]