§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Chancellor of Exchequer (1) if he will publish a breakdown of the expenditure on military defence, other than expenditure on the Defence Budget, for the years 1959 to 1968.
(2) if he will publish the full list of items included in expenditure on military defence, other than expenditure on the Defence Budget.
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§ Mr. Roy JenkinsExpenditure on military defence, other than on the Defence Budget, comprises the items shown in lines two and three under "Defence" in the Treasury analysis of public expenditure in "National Income and Expenditure, 1963". The main components of "Other military defence expenditure" are allied, service expenditure, such as that on headquarters buildings and superannuation
£ million 1959–66 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 Ministry of Technology and Defence (Army) purchasing repayment Services: Progress payments on U.S. military aircraft. … … — — — — — — — 52 90 Other … … −5 −26 8 15 −21 −15 −29 −16 5 Other military defence expenditure: Allied services … … 28 29 29 47 60 59 62 68 75 Military aid … … 36 12 11 13 30 22 20 20 21 Other … … 16 8 6 31 −2 12 15 7 TOTAL … … 59 31 56 81 100 64 65 139 198