§ Mr. Proctorasked the Minister for Trade what was the proportion of United Kingdom exports accounted for by the sale of military equipment and associated items in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Sproat:Details of identified exports of defence equipment are given in Table 2.7 of the "Statement of the Defence Estimates 1982" (Cmnd. 8529–ID. These figures account for 1.1 per cent., 1.0 per cent. and 1.1 per cent. of United Kingdom exports in the years 1978–80. Information for 1981 is not yet available.
In addition there are exports of defence equipment which cannot be separately identified in the Overseas Trade Statistics. Some indication of the magnitude of this trade is given in a footnote to the above table.