§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will update the table given to the hon. Member for Haltem-price on 22nd November 1974 (Official Report, c. 529–30) relating to comparative expenditure by NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
§ Mr. MasonDetails of defence expenditure as a percentage of GNP andper capita were given to the hon. Member for Torbay (Sir F. Bennett) on 26th February. Comparable total expenditure figures in US $ for 1975 are as follows:
Nato* Total Expenditure $ million Belgium … 2,000 Canada … 3,100 Denmark … 900 France … 13,500 Germany … 16,200 (including Berlin) … (19,700) Greece … 1,500 Italy … 4,700 Luxembourg … 20 Netherlands … 3,000 Norway … 900 Portugal … 1,000 Turkey (1974 figure) … 1,100 United Kingdom … 12,000 United States … 89,000 * on NATO definition
Warsaw Pact† Total Expenditure $ million Bulgaria … … 1,700 Czechoslovakia … … 2,800 East Germany … … 3,300 Hungary … … 1,300 Poland … … 4,400 Romania … … 2,200 USSR‡ … … 125,000 † Estimates only. It is not possible to arrive at fully comparable figures. ‡ latest estimate.