§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total of public expenditure on chapels and other such religious buildings, including their repair and maintenance (a) in the Army and (b) elsewhere within the budget of his Department in 1980–81; and how this compares with each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. PattieOur records do not permit the isolation of repair and maintenance expenditure for religious buildings or works expenditure on rooms in other buildings that may be used for religious purposes. Expenditure on building new churches and chapels for the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force was approximately as follows: 195W
£ million 1980–81 0.127 1979–80 0.087 1978–79 0.003 1977–78 0.102 1976–77 0.019 1975–76 0.010 Army expenditure was nil over this period.