§ Lord WIGGasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish in the Official Report the total public expenditure on defence from 1946–47 up to and including sums voted for 1974–75.
§ Lord WINTERBOTTOMThe figure for 1974–75 is £4,164 million. The information for 1946–47 to 1965–66 was published in theOfficial Report for 20th March 1967 (Vol. 743, c. 197w), and for 1960–61 to 1973–74 in the Official Report, House of Lords, for 31st July 1974 (Vol. 353, cols. 2367–2371w), as follows:
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Actual Net Expenditure on Defence (£ Million) 1946–47 … … … 1,643 1947–48 … … … 847 1948–49 … … … 753 1949–50 … … … 735 1950–51 … … … 801 1951–52 … … … 1,123 1952–53 … … … 1,392 1953–54 … … … 1,358 1954–55 … … … 1,447 1955–56 … … … 1,407 1956–57 … … … 1,518 1957–58 … … … 1,439 1958–59 … … … 1,451 1959–60 … … … 1,484 1960–61 … … … 1,603 1961–62 … … … 1,684 1962–63 … … … 1,756 1963–64 … … … 1,809 1964–65 … … … 1,898 1965–66 … … … 2,052 1966–67 … … … 2,138 1967–68 … … … 2,230 1968–69 … … … 2,234 1969–70 … … … 2,216 1970–71 … … … 2,503 1971–72 … … … 2,828 1972–73 … … … 3,091 1973–74 … … … 3,481