§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what has been the effect on planned defence expenditure at 1975 survey prices, for each of the years 1975–76 to 1983–84, of the cuts
£ million 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1. Expenditure planned in 1974 (rounded)† … 4,510* 4,920 5,040 5,160 5,340 5,460 2. Defence review savings … — 372 338 435 617 766 3. Defence review levels‡ … — 4,548 4,702 4,725 4,723 4,694 4. Reductions announced in April 1975 and February 1976 … — — 136 177 193 164 5. Defence budget levels in Cmnd. 6393 … — — 4,566 4,548 4,530 4,530 * £3,667 million at 1974 survey prices. † Annual average for the years 1979–80 to 1983–84—some £5,550 million. ‡ Annual average for the years 1979–80 to 1983–84—some £4,725 million.