§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the estimate for the expected value of total arms export sales from Britain in 1986; and what is the expected proportion of these which go to Third world countries.
§ Mr. LeeIt is not practicable to make annual forecast estimates of defence sales either in whole or in part.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state the figures for the total value of Britain's arms exports for the last calendar year for which figures are available and for each year since 1979; and if he will state the value of export sales to Third world countries in those years.
§ Mr. LeeThe information is as follows:
Total values of British exports of Identified Defence Equipment £ million 1980 537 1981 613 1982 904 1983 919 1984 825 1985 813
Total values of Exports to Third World Countries since 1979 £ million 1980 53 1981 46 1982 30 1983 842 1984 443 1985 52 (Based on the World Bank's annual compilations of the world's 45 poorest countries, excluding dependencies and states with a population of less than 100,000).