South Africa (Commander-in-Chief's Visit)

HC Deb 02 February 1970 vol 795 c45W

Mr. Wall

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the visit of the Commander-in-Chief, Western Fleet, to South Africa.

Dr. David Owen

As was announced in the normal way prior to his departure

							Proportion placed in
Financial year	Total Value £million	England Per cent.	Scotland Per cent.	Wales Per cent.	N. Ireland Per cent.
1963–64	…	…	…	…	431	86.9	7	2	2.4
1964–65	…	…	…	…	316	83.5	11.2	2.3	0.9
1965–66	…	…	…	…	327	90	5.1	1.9	0.8
1966–67	…	…	…	…	374	87.3	6.7	2	1.4
1967–68	…	…	…	…	354	90.8	3.5	1.5	0.8

The above figures exclude the value of local purchase orders placed by outstation establishments and Service units; this information is not readily available. Also they do not take into account expenditure by contractors in parts of the country other than where their headquarters are located.