§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amoryasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the real increase in defence expenditure in each North Atlantic Treaty Organisation country over the past four years.
§ Mr. StanleyNATO does not publish information in the form requested. The United Kingdom has achieved the following real increases in defence expenditure over the past four years:
Per cent. 1979–80 2.9 1980–81 2.8 1981–82 1.4 1982–83 6.0