HC Deb 18 April 1978 vol 948 cc138-40W
Mr. Churchill

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the cost to the Defence Vote of facilities for Servicemen and their families that for a civilian family living in the United Kingdom would be provided, respectively, by the Department of Education and Science, the Department of Health and Social Security or any other Department of Government.

Dr. Gilbert

I would refer the hon. Gentleman to Table 4 of Annex A of the 1978 "Statement on the Defence Estimates" (Cmnd 7099), which gives the following estimate for 1978–79 of social expenditure included in the Defence Budget:

Education 94
Married accommodation 79
Medical services 127
Service pensions 397
Total 697