§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the net direct annual costs and cost of overheads, respectively, of the following defence commands or sub-commands, namely, British Army of the Rhine, Aden, Malaysia, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Cyprus, and other areas.
§ Mr. HealeyHere are rounded, budgetary figures for the direct annual costs for which the hon. Member asks:
£ million Germany … … 180 Middle East … … 60 (including £35 million in Aden) Mediterranean … … 60 (including £25 million in Cyprus) Far East … … 270 (including £15 million in Hong Kong As the hon. Member is doubtless aware, these figures are inevitably an oversimplification; for example, the Fleet East of Suez is available for tasks in the whole area. We do not allocate overhead expenditure to geographical areas because we consider this would be misleading.