§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked 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. PymThe 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.