§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table listing the annual expenditure on research and development by the Ministry of 425W Defence broken down into the various classifications normally used by his Department for the years 1970 to the present in (a) real terms and (b) money terms.
Table B £ million 1970– 71 1971– 72 1972– 73 1973– 74 1974– 75 1975– 76 1976– 77 1977– 78 1978– 79 Military aircraft 79 99 122 152 161 184 258 319 332 Guided weapons 44 49 56 68 60 74 74 98 105 Other electronics 35 42 53 67 75 89 97 107 126 Ship construction and underground warfare 21 23 29 41 43 54 73 79 81 Ordnance and other Army 26 32 33 39 39 44 58 62 67 Other R & D 41 39 37 51 78 109 139 158 161 Total 246 284 330 418 456 554 699 823 872
Table B £ million 1970– 71 1971– 72 1972– 73 1973– 74 1974– 75 1975– 76 1976– 77 1977– 78 1978– 79 Military aircraft 234 268 302 330 313 298 336 356 332 Guided weapons 130 133 138 148 117 120 96 110 105 Other electronics 103 114 131 145 146 144 126 119 126 Ship construction and underground warfare 62 62 72 89 84 87 95 88 81 Ordnance and other Army 77 87 82 85 76 71 76 69 67 Other R & D 121 106 91 111 152 176 181 176 161 Total 727 770 816 908 888 896 910 918 872