§ Mr. Donald Stewartasked the Minister of State for Defence (1) what proportion of total defence spending, including items outwith the defence budget, was incurred in Scotland in each of the last five years;
(2) what proportion of the military research expenditure of his Department was incurred in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThe percentages of defence expenditure as a whole spent in Scotland over the last five years are as follows:
1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 6¾ 6 6¼ 7 6½ I regret that it is not possible to break these figures down so as to identify research separately.