Mr. J. Enoch Powellasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the latest estimate of the annual incremental cost of maintaining British forces stationed in Germany.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe additional annual cost of maintaining British Forces Germany—excluding Berlin—compared with the cost of maintaining the same size of force in the United Kingdom, and assuming comparable support facilities were already available, is estimated to lie in the range £275 million to £325 million at 1980–81 estimates prices.