§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the spending on defence in each year since 1950–51 expressed in terms of current funds.
§ Mr. BlakerDefence spending for the years requested is as follows. The figures do not take account of any changes in the definition of the defence budget over the period.
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Year £ million 1950–51 *780 1951–52 1,132 1952–5 31,393
Year £ million 1953–54 1,358 1954–55 1,447 1955–56 1,407 1956–57 1,519 1957–58 1,440 1958–59 1,451 1959–60 1,484 1960–61 1,604 1961–62 1,684 1962–63 1,756 1963–64 1,809 1964–65 1,898 1965–66 2,050 1966–67 2,138 1967–68 2,230 1968–69 2,247 1969–70 2,216 1970–71 2,503 1971–72 2,836 1972–73 3,092 1973–74 3,484 1974–75 4,164 1975–76 5,346 1976–77 6,158 1977–78 6,788 1978–79 7,456 1979–80 9,177 1980–81 11,181 1981–82 †l2,618 * Estimates. †Provisional.