§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a breakdown of the estimates of expenditure on military defence other than expenditure on the Defence Budget for the years 1968–69 and 1969–70.
§ Mr. DiamondThe information requested is as follows:
EXPENDITURE ON OTHER MILITARY DEFENCE 1968–69 AND 1969–70 — 1968–69 estimated outturn at outturn prices £ million 1969–70 estimate at 1969–70 estimates prices Ministry of Technology and Defence (Army) purchasing repayment services: Progress payments on U.S. military aircraft 109 90 Other 7 —14 Other military defence expenditure: Allied Services 78 83 Military Aid 12 8 Other —37 —42 Total 169 125