§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the division in percentage terms of the defence budget between each of the three services in each year since 1954.
§ Mr. LeeOn the basis of the annual defence Estimates the percentages of the total defence budget attributable to each of the three services were as follows:
Year RN Army RAF 1954–55 22 34 33 1955–56 23 32 34 1956–57 23 31 33 1957–58 21 30 34 1958–59 23 30 33 1959–60 24 29 33 1960–61 25 29 33 1961–62 25 30 32 1962–63 25 30 32 1963–64 25 31 30 1964–65 26 30 28 1965–66 27 30 29 1966–67 29 29 27 1967–68 30 30 27 1968–69 31 30 27 1969–70 30 30 28 1970–71 27 31 28 1971–72 27 33 29 1972–73 26 32 27 1973–74 26 32 32 1974–75 25 34 31 1975–76 25 35 29 1976–77 26 35 28 1977–78 27 34 28 1978–79 28 35 28 1979–80 28 33 29 1980–81 28 32 29 1981–82 29 32 30 1982–83 29 31 31 1983–84 29 31 31 1984–85 29 31 31 The balance of expenditure in each year is not attributable to single services; for example, costs relating to the procurement executive and research and development establishments.