HC Deb 23 November 1983 vol 49 c173W
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the real increase in defence expenditure in each North Atlantic Treaty Organisation country over the past four years.

Mr. Stanley

NATO does not publish information in the form requested. The United Kingdom has achieved the following real increases in defence expenditure over the past four years:

Per cent.
1979–80 2.9
1980–81 2.8
1981–82 1.4
1982–83 6.0