HC Deb 18 February 1957 vol 565 cc26-8W
Mr. Wigg

asked the Minister of Defence if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the division of the defence budget under the principal headings for the financial years 1951–52, 1952–3, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, and 1956–57, giving separate figures for each financial year to show voted provision and the actual expenditure and, when this is not possible, to show the most up-to-date figure.

Mr. Sandys

The information is given below. Table 1 gives actual net expenditure. The voted provision for the years in question is not readily available in the

TABLE 1
— Actual net expenditure—£ million (a)
1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 (b) 1956–57 (c)
1. Pay, etc. of Service personnel 249 262 263 280 272 —
2. Pay, etc. of Reserve Forces, etc. 14 18 17 20 20 —
3. Pay, etc. of civilians 124 136 144 155 163 —
4. Movements 52 54 55 53 58 —
5. Supplies 126 155 159 156 256 —
6. Production and research 395 660 662 680 464 —
7. Works 117 149 130 118 133 —
8. Miscellaneous effective services 10 7 13 18 23 —
9. Non-effective charges 36 36 40 40 44 —
10. Totals before appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts 1,123 1,477 1,483 1,520 1,433 1,620
11. Totals providing for the appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts 1,123 1,392 1,358 1,458 1,407 1,540

TABLE 2
— Net Estimate published in Annex II to Statements on Defence—£ million
1951–52 (d) 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57
1. Pay, etc. of Service personnel — 254 269 265 267 274
2. Pay, etc. of Reserve Forces, etc. — 18 18 21 21 19
3. Pay, etc. of civilians — 133 148 155 163 200
4. Movements — 50 57 56 54 57
5. Supplies — 149 172 183 164 162
6. Production and research — 652 746 748 664 613
7. Works — 162 171 156 143 150
8. Miscellaneous effective services — 8 16 16 20 26
9. Non-effective charges — 36 39 40 41 48
10. Totals before appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts — 1,462 1,636 1,640 1,537 1,549
11. Totals providing for the appropriation-in-aid of American aid receipts — 1,377 1,496 1,555 1,494 1,499
(Total voted provision after providing for the appropriations-in-aid of American aid receipts (e)) — (1,429) (1,496) (1,555) (1,504) (1,477)
NOTES:
(a) For accounting reasons it is not possible to subdivide actual expenditure with complete accuracy into the headings used for Annex 11 of the annual statements on Defence. The figures in the table are subject to this qualification.
(b) Provisional figures.
(c) Estimated out-turn: detailed analyses not available.
(d) No Statement on Defence, 1951, was published.
(e) Takes account of revised and Supplementary Estimates voted by Parliament. Certain Supplementary Estimates for 1956–57 are pending.

same form and Table 2 gives net estimates as published in the Statements on Defence, with an additional line showing total voted provision.