§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish annual figures of defence expenditure in constant price terms since 1970 expressed as an index with 1970 as 100 and the corres- 624W ponding figures for each of the other member countries of NATO and France.
§ Mr. MulleyThe information in respect of the United Kingdom's defence expenditure is as follows:
1970–71 … … 100 1971–72 … … 101 1972–73 … … 100 1973–74 … … 98 1974–75 … … 94 1975–76 … … 99 1976–77 … … 97 Comparable figures for other NATO countries, including France, are not available.