§ Mr. Livseyasked the Secretary of State for Defence what position Britain holds in the table of amount spent on defence-related research and development compared to other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries, including France.
§ Mr. LeeNATO does not publish figures in the form requested. However, some comparative estimates for certain nations, based on material provided by the OECD, were published in Economic Trends, No. 382, August 1985, page 84, table 3.
Details of United Kingdom expenditure on defence research and development in recent years are set out in table 3.2 of the "Statement of Defence Estimates 1985" (Vol. 2) (Cmnd. 9430 II).