§ Mr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide figures for defence expenditure from 1978–79 to 1997–98 using the basis used for the calculation in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report" 1995–96.
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§ Mr. SoamesThe information requested is as follows:
£ million 1978–79 21,760 1979–80 23,092 1980–81 23,755 1981–82 24,224 1982–83 25,834 1983–84 26,549 1984–85 28,040 1985–86 27,822 1986–87 27,224 1987–88 26,567 1988–89 25,295 1989–90 25,559 1990–91 25,292 1991–92 26,188 1992–93 23,611 1993–94 22,757 1994–95 22,071 1995–96 20,627 1996–97 20,310 1997–98 20,219 (1) All figures are in £ million and are converted to constant 1993–94 prices using the GDP deflators published in the Financial Statement and Budget Report 1995–96. Outturn information is given from 1978–79 to 1993–94. The 1994–295 total is the estimated outturn and figures for 1995–96 to 1997–98 are the latest plans published in the FSBR 1995–96.
(2) Figures are adjusted for technical changes in the treatment of Armed Forces and civilian pensions described in the 1992 Autumn Statement Cm 2096, and other classification changes.
(3) Figures before 1992–93 include expenditure relating to the security and intelligence services. Comparisons with later years' figures cannot be made on a fully consistent basis.
(4) Totals include expenditure on the Falklands and Gulf conflicts but exclude Gulf burden—sharing contributions received in 1990–91 and 1991–92.