§ Miss Quennellasked the Minister of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing defence expenditure as a proportion of the national gross domestic product and gross national product for the years 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, and 1972–73.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThe following is the information:
GDP per cent. GNP per cent. 1965–66 6.6 6.5 1966–67 6.5 6.4 1967–68 6.4 6.3 1968–69 6.0 6.0 1969–70 5.6 5.6 1970–71 5.7 5.6 1971–72 5.7 5.7 1972–73 5.6 5.6 NOTES:
(1) The figures are of the Defence budget on the United Kingdom definition, expressed as a rate of GDP and GNP at factor cost.
(2) The figures for 1972–73 are estimated: those for earlier years are based on outturn.