HC Deb 01 November 1979 vol 972 c645W
Mr. Bob Dunn

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage, by Service, of the United Kingdom contribution to NATO combined forces.

Mr. Pym

The British Army of the Rhine constitutes about 7.5 per cent. of total in-place NATO manpower in the central region of Europe and the Royal Air Force some 10 per cent. of front-line aircraft in the same area. The Royal Navy provides more than 50 per cent. of the surface ships and submarine in the Eastern Atlantic and Channel.