§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total of public expenditure on chaplains (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. GoodhartIt is estimated that the personnel costs of chaplains employed by the Ministry of Defence in 1980–81 and in the previous five years were as follows:
Army £Million All Others £Million Total £Million 1975–76 1.5 1.7 3.2 1976–77 1.5 1.8 3.3 1977–78 1.7 1.9 3.6 1978–79 1.8 2.2 4.0 1979–80 2.5 2.9 5.4 1980–81 2.9 3.4 6.3