§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much is spent on defence per household, per year by Government,; what is his definition of a household: and how many there are in the United Kingdom currently.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonDefence expenditure per household for 1989–90 will be just over £900, based on a defence budget of £20,143 million and the Department of the Environment's latest estimate of the number of households in the United Kingdom during 1989 of 22.1 million. The definition of a household is set out in "Social Trends 1989", published by the Central Statistical Office
A single person or group of people who have the address as their only or main residence and who either share one meal a day or share the living accommodation.