HC Deb 12 November 1981 vol 12 c144W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish the total expenditure on bands in the Armed Forces in each of the last for years.

Mr. Wiggin

The total planned expenditure in each of the last four years, was as follows:

£ million
1977–78 (Survey 77 prices) 21.6
1978–79 (Survey 78 prices) 20.9
1979–80 (Survey 79 prices) 23.5
1980–81 (Survey 80 prices) 28.4