HC Deb 26 March 1979 vol 965 c65W
Mr. Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the percentage amounts by which defence budgets in each of the North Atlantic Treaty

INCREASE OR DECREASE COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEAR (PERCENTAGE)
1975 1976 1977 1978 (forecast)
USA 5.9 0.1 10.9 4.2
United Kingdom 24.2 18.7 11.3 9.8
France 16.7 14.4 15.1 13.4
Federal Republic of Germany 5.5 3.5 3.2 6.0
Netherlands 15.9 7.9 18.5 1.2
Belgium 22.8 14.9 9.9 10.6
Portugal -20.7 -5.3 17.2 18.2
Norway 21.2 11.8 11.3 13.9
Denmark 19.0 7.6 11.7 12.5
Italy 8.9 16.2 25.6 15.2
Canada 9.3 14.8 14.9 11.5
Luxembourg 17.7 17.7 4.6 12.8

Figures for Greece and Turkey are not available. Iceland, although a member of NATO has no defence expenditure.

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