§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each present member State of the EEC, Canada and the United States of America, for each year since 1960, the per capita spending on defence.
§ Mr. MasonOn the standard NATO definition and expressed in United States dollars, the information is as follows:
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Belgium Denmark Eire France Germany Italy Luxembourg Netherlands United Kingdom Canada U.S.A. 1961 … … 43 37 N.A. 89 59 24 18 48 90 94 260 1962 … … 46 48 10 96 76 27 22 51 95 92 281 1963 … … 51 51 11 97 86 32 22 53 97 83 276 1964 … … 56 54 13 102 84 34 28 61 103 87 267 1965 … … 56 60 14 105 84 37 29 61 107 78 267 1966 … … 59 63 13 110 85 40 30 62 110 81 323 1967 … … 63 67 12 118 89 41 25 70 116 89 380 1968 … … 68 71 13 122 80 42 22 71 101 86 402 1969 … … 70 72 14 122 92 42 23 79 99 83 402 1970 … … 77 75 17 118 102 46 24 84 105 89 380 1971 … … 84 87 22 123 123 55 27 100 124 98 362 1972 … … 103 98 26 144 150 68 34 115 146 103 372 1973 … … 129 116 28 182 199 75 44 149 154 109 373 1974 … … 151 144 28 190 222 79 51 176 175 130 405 1975 … … 204 183 35 255 273 84 63 220 214 135 416 Footnotes:
(1) The figures for Eire are not on a strictly comparable basis with those for the NATO countries.
(2) Expenditure per capita is influenced by movements in exchange rates.
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