HC Deb 02 December 1996 vol 286 c529W
Mr. Steen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the total cost in each of the last three years of the presence of the British armed forces in Germany. [7114]

Mr. Soames

The operating costs of maintaining British forces in Germany have been:

Year Final outturn £ million
1993–94 1,582
1994–95 1,466
1995–96 1,353