HC Deb 17 July 1968 vol 768 c212W
45. Mr. Edward M. Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what amount of the Defence budget was spent in the United Kingdom in the latest annual period for which figures are available; and what percentage of this total was spent in Scotland.

Mr. Healey

About 87 per cent. of defence budget expenditure in 1967–68 occurred in the United Kingdom. Of this proportion approximately 8 per cent. was spent in Scotland.