§ Mr. Goodhewasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the additional cost of maintaining in this country the 12,000 Service personnel returned from the Far East, the 18,000 returned from South Arabia and elsewhere, and the 410W further 5,000 returning from Germany by 31st March, 1968, as listed in Command Paper No. 3540.
§ Mr. Healey:The only significant additional cost of these redeployments has been that associated with the emergency housing programme. Since the moves were planned in conjunction with a reduction in the total size of the forces, this additional cost will be far exceeded by the savings to be achieved overseas.