§ Dr. David Owenasked the Minister of State for Defence if he will specify the annual value of the contractual business carried out by the top 14 defence contractors for the Ministry of Defence, for the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThe annual payments made to the 14 largest defence contractors for the three years to 31st March 1973 were as follows:
Year ending 31st March 1971 £476 million Year ending 31st March 1972 £605 million Year ending 31st March 1973 £708 million