HC Deb 27 April 1956 vol 551 c173W
Mr. Wigg

asked the Minister of Defence if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the division of the defence budget

ACTUAL NET EXPENDITURE
£ Million (a)
— 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 (b)
1. Pay, etc., of Service Personnel … 249 262 263 280 —
2. Pay, etc., of Reserve Forces, etc. … 14 18 17 20 —
3. Pay, etc., of civilians … … … 124 136 144 155 —
4. Movements … … … … 52 54 55 53 —
5. Supplies … … … … … 126 155 159 156 —
6. Production and research … … 395 660 662 680 —
7. Works … … … … … 117 149 130 118 —
8. Miscellaneous effective services … 10 7 13 18 —
9. Non-effective charges … … 36 36 40 40 —
10. Totals before appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts … … 1,123 1,477 1,483 1,520 —
11. Totals providing for the appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts … 1,123 1,392 1,358 1,458 —
NET ESTIMATES PUBLISHED IN ANNEX II TO STATEMENTS ON DEFENCE
£ million
— 1951–52 (c) 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56
1. Pay, etc., of Service Personnel … — 254 269 265 267
2. Pay, etc., of Reserve Forces, etc. … — 18 18 21 21
3. Pay, etc., of civilians … … — 133 148 155 163
4. Movements … … … … — 50 57 56 54
5. Supplies … … … … … — 149 172 183 164
6. Production and research … … — 652 746 748 664
7. Works … … … … … — 162 171 156 143
8. Miscellaneous effective services … — 8 16 16 20
9. Non-effective charges … … — 36 39 40 41
10. Totals before appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts … … — 1,462 1,636 1,640 1,537
11. Totals providing for the appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts … — 1,377 1,496 1,555 1,494
NOTES:
(a) For accounting reasons it is not possible to subdivide actual expenditure with complete accuracy into the headings used for Annex II of the annual statements on Defence. The figures in the table are subject to this qualification.
(b) Details of actual expenditure are not yet available.
(c) No Statement on Defence was published in 1951.