§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the percentage of total public expenditure, including central and local government, spent on defence in each year from 1964 to date.
§ Mr. MulleyThe table below shows the percentage of total public expenditure spent on defence over the last six years, based on the definitions in the last Public Expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 6721):
the percentages derived from the CSO publications "National Income and Expenditure" for 1975 and 1976: