Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to change the contents of volume 2 of the Statement on the Defence Estimates.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonFollowing a review of the dissemination of defence statistics, it has been decided to 279W replace volume 2 of the Statement on the Defence Estimates with a similar publication called Defence Statistics. The new publication will in many cases provide a longer historical perspective as well as containing more up-to-date information. Some tables in volume 2 of the Statement on the Defence Estimates contained information that was of only specialist interest or was obtainable from other sources. These tables will be omitted from the new publication but the information they contain will either be published elsewhere or will be available on request from the Defence Statistical Organisation.