§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT aggregate overseas Government military expenditure, expressed at constant 1964 prices, for the years 1964 to 1969, using the figures for military services, military grants and military subscriptions set out in Table 16 of Command Paper No. 4328, and adding thereto the cost across the exchanges of the procurement of military hardware in these years.
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§ Mr. TaverneMuch of the information which my hon. Friend requests is not available, and there are difficult technical problems in adjusting expenditure overseas to constant prices. Some estimates of expenditure overseas on military services have been compiled at 1963 prices, and are shown below.
Military services: debits at 1963 prices: £ million 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 266 262 268 240 222 216