§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Defence what sum is spent on defence research and production; and what proportion this is of the total defence expenditure.
§ Mr. William Rodgers:Excluding manpower and certain other costs which are normally attributed to other principal headings of the Defence Budget, figures for expenditure on equipment are in Annex A, Table 3 of the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1975—namely, £1,529 million and 33.6 per cent.