§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table listing the total of United Kingdom imports and export equipment and associated services for each year since 1970, both in money terms and in real terms.
§ Dr. GilbertThe estimated total expenditure on Government purchases of defence equipment overseas—imports—and total income from United Kingdom exports of defence equipment and associated services—exports—in each year from 1970–71 to 1976–77 are as follows:
At prices ruling at the time: Imports £ million Exports £ million 1970–71 99 235 1971–72 109 242 1972–73 110 257 1973–74 135 425 1974–75 120 468 1975–76 120 530 1976–77 167 600 At constant September 1976 price level:* Imports £ million Exports £ million 1970–71 242 609 1971–72 249 570 1972–73 240 564 1973–74 259 860 1974–75 199 792 1975–76 160 700 1976–77 176 634 * These figures have been obtained by use of the import and export unit value indices calculated by the Department of Trade and contained in the Government Statistical Service's Monthly Digest of Statistics.