HC Deb 08 June 1972 vol 838 cc134-5W
Mr. William Rodgers

asked the Minister of State for Defence what is the estimated cost of Royal Air Force support provision for Concorde on its current sales tour to the Far East and Australia; and under what heading in the White Paper on Public Expenditure to 1975–76, Command Paper 4829, this is accommodated.

Lord Lambton

Provisionally about £50,000. The cost will be borne by the Department of Trade and Industry as part of the assistance for Concorde set out in Table 2.7 on page 25 of the White Paper on Public Expenditure to 1975–76—Cmnd. 4829.