§ Mr. McMahonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will produce a table indicating the cost per head of the population of the defence budget in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how this compares with previous years.
§ Mr. BlakerThe information requested is set out as follows:
Defence expenditure per capita Year £ 1982–83 prices 1951–52 272 1961–62 271 1971–72 243 1981–82 243