Departmental Budget (Hansard, 14 January 1997)

HC Deb 14 January 1997 vol 288 c222W 222W

§ 17. Mr. Brian David Jenkins
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will calculate the change in his Department's budget as a percentage of gross domestic product between April 1990 and April 1997 under current plans. [8987]

§ Mr. Terry Davis
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the change in his Department's budget as a percentage of gross domestic product between April 1990 and April 1997 under current plans. [8974]

§ Mr. Soames
Under our latest spending plans and forecasts of GDP, the defence budget will account for approximately 2.8 per cent. in 1997–98, compared with 4 per cent. in 1990–91.