HC Deb 29 June 1988 vol 136 cc258-9W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his latest estimate of the growth in real terms of the defence procurement budget in 1988–89.

Mr. Sainsbury

Planned defence procurement expenditure in 1988–89 allows for a real increase of some 19 per cent. compared with the outturn for 1978–79, using a measure of inflation based on movements in the price of defence equipment.

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