§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the latest figures available for defence spending as a percentage of gross domestic product for each of the members of the NATO alliance and the same figures for the year 1985.
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§ Mr. HanleyDetails of NATO countries' defence expenditures in 1993 as a percentage of gross domestic product, are contained in the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1994", Cm 2550. Corresponding figures for 1985 are set out in the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1986", Cm 9736-I. Copies of both documents are in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list, at 1993–94 prices, the total for United Kingdom defence spending for each year since 1970 including the planned total for 1994–95.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information is as follows:
£000 1970–71 16,467 1971–72 17,015 1972–73 18,815 1973–74 19,668 1974–75 21,387 1975–76 22,193 1976–77 22,524 1977–78 21,872 1978–79 21,799 1979–80 23,134 1980–81 23,798 1981–82 24,267 1982–83 25,881 1983–84 26,596 1984–85 28,091 1985–86 27,854 1986–87 27,279 1987–88 26,717 1988–89 25,339 1989–90 25,610 1990–91 25,453 1991–92 26,352 1992–93 23,776 1993–94 22,881 1994–95 22,222 Notes:
1. Figures include exceptional expenditure on Falklands/Gulf conflicts but exclude Gulf burden sharing contributions from other Governments.
2. Figures from 1978–79 take account of the technical changes in the treatment of Armed Forces and civilian pensions described in the 1992 Autumn Statement (Cm 2096) and other classification changes. It has not been possible to adjust figures for years before 1978–79 on to a fully consistent basis and comparisons with 1978–79 and later years may therefore be unreliable.
3. Figures from 1992–93 onwards exclude provision for the security and intelligence services.
4. Figures for 1993–94 reflects provisional outturn as published in the Cash Limit Outtum White Paper on 14 Jul 94 (Cm 2617) and is adjusted in line with Note 3.