B.A.O.R. (Accommodation and Works Services)

HC Deb 26 October 1965 vol 718 cc29-30W

Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on Army accommodation for the British Army, of the Rhine during the past five years, divided between sterling and German marks.

Mr. Mulley

Much accommodation for the Army is held in Germany at no cost to the British Government but estimated expenditure for all hired accommodation for the British Army of the Rhine for the last five years is as follows:

	£
1960–61	800,000
1961–62	2,000,000
1962–63	2,350,000
1963–64	3,800,000
1964–65	4,700,000
Total	£13,650,000

Estimated expenditure on works services for all accommodation for the British Army of the Rhine, excluding Berlin, during the same period is as follows:

	£
1960–61	4,600,000
1961–62	4,600,000
1962–63	6,000,000
1963–64	8,800,000
1964–65	11,000,000
Total	£35,000,000

A precise division of expenditure on accommodation and works services between that in Sterling and that in Deutschmarks is not possible but the great bulk is in Deutschmarks.