§ Mr. Nelsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will list the defence budget allocated to the Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, respectively, for each year from 1945 to 1978–79.
Financial year Defence Budget Navy Army Air Force Other £ million Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1956–57 … … 1,499 23 31 33 13 1957–58 … … 1,420 21 30 34 15 1958–59 … … 1,418 23 30 33 14 1959–60 … … 1,502 24 29 33 14 1960–61 … … 1,618 25 29 33 13 1961–62 … … 1,656 25 30 32 13 1962–63 … … 1,721 25 30 32 13 1963–64 … … 1,838 25 31 30 14 1964–65 … … 1,998 26 30 28 16 1965–66 … … 2,120 27 30 29 14 1966–67 … … 2,172 29 29 27 15 1967–68 … … 2,205 30 30 27 13 1968–69 … … 2,271 31 30 27 12 1969–70 … … 2,266 30 30 28 12 1970–71 … … 2,280 27 31 28 14 1971–72 … … 2,545 27 33 29 11 1972–73 … … 2,854 26 32 27 15 1973–74 … … 3,365 26 32 32 10 1974–75 … … 3,612 25 34 31 10 1975–76 … … 4,548 25 35 29 11 1976–77 … … 5,632 26 35 28 11 1977–78 … … 6,329 27 34 28 11 1978–79 … … 6,919 28 35 28 9