§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for each of the next five years the current projected total anti-submarine warfare expenditure and total naval expenditure.
§ Mr. Ian StewartIt has been the practice of successive Governments not to publish detailed information about the Department's internal expenditure projections. We do, however, plan to maintain a substantial investment in naval expenditure, including anti-submarine warfare.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for each of the next five years the current projected expenditures for (a) nuclear hunter-killer submarines, (b) non-nuclear submarines, (c) frigates, (d) minesweepers and (e) anti-submarine warfare capable aircraft.
§ Mr. SainsburyIt has been the practice of successive Governments not to publish detailed information about the Departments' internal expenditure projections.
§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether he will list for each of the last 10 years the total anti-submarine warfare expenditure and the total naval expenditure by Her Majesty's Government;
(2) whether he will list for each of the last 10 years Her Majesty's Government's expenditure on (a) nuclear hunter-killer submarines, (b) non-nuclear submarines, (c) frigates, (d)minesweepers and (e) anti-submarine warfare capable aircraft.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe information is not available in precisely the form requested. However, I refer the hon. Member to the functional analysis of the defence budget which has appeared in volume 2 of successive Statements on the Defence Estimates since 1980.