§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
How much of the United Kingdom's defence effort, in terms of (a) money and (b) man-hours, is devoted to collaboration with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States, and how much to collaboration with the United Kingdom's European allies in NATO and in WEU; what degree of harmonisation between NATO and Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States has been reached; and what is the purpose of this harmonisation. [HL1208]
§ Lord GilbertInformation on the proportions of the UK's defence effort, in both financial and manpower terms, that is devoted to collaboration with particular nations or international organisations is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The UK, the USA and Canada are NATO members; there is no formal relationship between NATO and Australia and New Zealand.