§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence what were Great Britain's total sales of arms abroad and the income from training military personnel from overseas countries for each year since the Arms Export Sales Department was created; and what were the totals for each of the three years before the department was established.
§ Mr. MasonIt is assumed that the reference to the Arms Export Sales Department is intended to be to the Defence Sales Organisation which was set up in 1966. The figures of estimated exports from 1966–67 to date and the three years preceding 1966 are as follows:
£ million 1963–64 … … 118 1964–65 … … 121 1965–66 … … 128 1966–67 … … 152 1967–68 … … 165 1968–69 … … 214 1969–70 … … 227 1970–71 … … 235 1971–72 … … 242 1972–73 … … 257 1973–74 (provisional) … … 400 Information on the income from training military personnel from overseas coun 404W tries is not available without disproportionate effort