HC Deb 06 February 1996 vol 271 c165W
16. Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much money including the pay of service personnel his Department spends annually in each standard planning region of the United Kingdom. [12042]

Mr. Arbuthnot

Data of MOD equipment expenditure in each of the standard economic planning regions of the UK is available in table 1.9 of "UK Defence Statistics 1995", a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. We do not compile regional data for other aspects of defence expenditure.

24. Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what measures he is taking to eliminate unnecessary spending in his Department. [12051]

Mr. Arbuthnot

I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Members for Tyne Bridge (Mr. Clelland) and for Wolverhampton, South-East (Mr. Turner), on 9 January 1996,Official Report, column 93.