HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 c401W
58. Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total amount of defence spending proposed in his defence White Paper; and what will be the cumulative defence expenditure from 1979.

66. Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total amount of defence spending proposed in his defence White Paper; and what will be the cumulative defence expenditure from 1979.

76. Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total amount of defence spending proposed in his defence White Paper; and what will be the cumulative defence expenditure from 1979.

86. Mr. John Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total amount of defence spending proposed in his defence White Paper; and what will be the cumulative defence expenditure from 1979.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The Defence budget for 1989–90 is £20,143 million. Total expenditure on defence between 1979–80 and 1988–89 has amounted to some £154,000 million.