§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list(a) his Department's total expenditure and (b) the average defence expenditure of other European members of NATO in each of the last financial years, expressed in 1995–96 prices. [32072]
§ Mr. SoamesInformation provided to NATO by member states gives the following comparison, at 1990 $US prices and exchange rates, between UK defence spending and the average among the other European members of the alliance:
UK ($ million) European average ($ million) 1991 39,790 11,869 1992 35,473 11,535 1993 34,292 11,198 1994 32,622 10,909 1995 30,710 10,640