HC Deb 07 March 1978 vol 945 cc623-4W
Mr. Clemitson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish annual figures of defence expenditure in constant price terms since 1970 expressed as an index with 1970 as 100 and the corres- ponding figures for each of the other member countries of NATO and France.

Mr. Mulley

The information in respect of the United Kingdom's defence expenditure is as follows:

1970–71 100
1971–72 101
1972–73 100
1973–74 98
1974–75 94
1975–76 99
1976–77 97

Comparable figures for other NATO countries, including France, are not available.