Expenditure and Estimates (Hansard, 1 March 1962)

§ Mr. Wigg

asked the Minister of Defence if he will bring up to date the statements on Defence Expenditure and Estimates published in the OFFICIAL

ACTUAL NET EXPENDITURE
£ million (a)
	—	1956–57	1957–58	1958–59	1959–60	1960–61 (b)	1961–62 (c)	1962–63(d)
1	Pay, etc. of Service personnel	328	315	335	330	340	335
2	Pay, etc. of Reserves	19	18	19	20	20	19
3	Pay, etc. of Civilians	209	209	200	206	247	258
4	Movements	70	59	54	51	55	59
5	Supplies	158	144	136	133	135	135
6	Production and research	595	563	526	557	624	682
7	Works, buildings and land	148	113	101	105	97	101
8	Miscellaneous effective services	26	16	15	14	17	20
9	Non-effective charges	48	60	77	80	81	84
10	Totals before appropriation-in-aid of receipts from the U.S. and Germany	1,601	1,497	1,463	1,496	1,616	1,693
11	Totals after the appropriation-in-aid of receipts from the U.S. and Germany	1,519(e)	1,440(e)	1,451	1,484	1,604	1,693

NET ESTIMATES PUBLISHED IN ANNEX II TO STATEMENTS ON DEFENCE
£ million
	—	1956–57	1957–58	1958–59	1959–60	1960–61	1961–62	1962–63
1	Pay, etc. of Service personnel	324	311	326	322	333	331	332
2	Pay, etc. of Reserves	19	17	17	19	21	20	20
3	Pay, etc. of Civilians	200	203	198	204	236	246	259
4	Movements	57	56	52	49	53	56	57
5	Supplies	162	142	142	135	137	131	137
6	Production and research	613	548	535	586	651	659	705
7	Works, buildings and lands	150	139	107	108	102	112	120
8	Miscellaneous effective services	26	17	15	14	18	19	24
9	Non-effective charges	48	50	73	77	79	82	67
10	Totals before appropriation-in-aid of receipts from the U.S. and Germany	1,599	1,483	1,465	1,514	1,630	1,656	1,721
11	Totals after the appropriation-in-aid of receipts from the U.S. and Germany	1,499	1,420	1,418	1,502	1,618	1,656	1,721
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) Provisional figures.
(c) Estimated figures.
(d) Figures not yet available.
(e) If allowance is made for excess receipts offset against excess expenditure the totals for 1956–57 and 1957–58 would each be £1 million lower.

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REPORT on 13th November, 1957; and of he will publish in the Official Report the relevant figures for 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, and 1962–63.