§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish for the last two years for which figures are available, the figures for defence spending as a proportion of gross domestic product in each NATO member country.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested is as follows:
Country Defence expenditure as a percentage of GDP 1991 1992 Belgium 2.3 1.9 Canada 2.0 2.0 Denmark 2.1 1.9 France 3.5 3.4 Germany 2.3 2.2 Greece 5.5 5.5 Italy 2.1 2.0 Luxembourg 1.2 1.2 Netherlands 2.5 2.5 Norway 3.1 3.4 Portugal 3.1 2.9 Spain 1.7 1.7 Turkey 3.8 3.9 United Kingdom 4.3 4.1 United States 5.1 5.2