§ Mr. Ron Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what was the total balance of payments cost to the United Kingdom in 1977 of (a) total military commitments overseas and (b) military presence in Western Germany;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the balance of payments costs in 1977 to each of the NATO countries in respect of any military commitments outside their own frontiers.
§ Mr. MulleyI refer my hon. Friend to Annex A, Table 6 of Cmnd. 7099—the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1978—which shows the latest forecast for the financial year 1977–78 of the initial incidence on the balance of payments of Government invisible transactions in the defence field. Similar information for other NATO countries is not available.