HC Deb 03 November 1992 vol 213 cc111-2W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the date on which the defence White Paper was published in each year since 1962.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Since 1962, the "Statement on the Defence Estimates" has been published on the following dates:

  • 20 February 19621
  • 20 February 19631
  • 13 February 19641
  • 23 February 1965
  • 22 February 1966
  • 16 February 1967
  • 22 February 1968
  • 20 February 1969
  • 19 February 1970
  • 17 February 1971
  • 16 February 1972
  • 21 February 1973
  • 19 March 1975
  • 17 March 1976
  • 28 February 1977
  • 20 February 1978
  • 22 February 1979
  • 2 April 1980
  • 15 April 1981
  • 22 June 1982
  • 6 July 1983
  • 14 May 1984
  • 1 May 1985
  • 12 May 1986
  • 6 May 1987
  • 17 May 1988
  • 2 May 1989
  • 2 April 1990
  • 9 July 1991
  • 7 July 1992

No "Statement on the Defence Estimates" was published in 1974.

1 Entitled "Statement on Defence".