HC Deb 13 January 1986 vol 89 c535W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the total costs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation defences were borne by the United States of America, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy, respectively, in the most recent annual period for which figures are available.

Mr. Stanley

The countries mentioned accounted for the following percentage of total defence spending by NATO members in 1984:

per cent.
United States 70.6
United Kingdom 6.7
France 6.0
Germany 6.0
Italy 2.8

Notes

(1)These figures are compiled from NATO sources, except for France. They are based on NATO definitions of defence expenditure.

(2)The United Kingdom devotes some 95 per cent. of its defence spending to NATO; comparable figures are not available for other countries.

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