HC Deb 24 February 1967 vol 741 cc361-2W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give a breakdown of all the items included in the estimated gross expenditure of £87 million towards the foreign exchange costs of purchases of military equipment in 1967–68, as set out in Annex H of Command Paper No. 3203.

Mr. Healey

About a third of this sum is for Polaris, and another third for C130, Phantom and F111K aircraft. The remainder is for the purchase of a range of communications and radar equipment, armament and ammunition. As indicated in Cmnd 3203, £13 million of the £87 million represents the cost of equipment of United Kingdom origin re-imported in the finished product.