asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on improving Forces' accommodation in Northern Ireland in each of the past two years; and what is the forecast expenditure for the current financial year.

Expenditure from the Defence Accommodation Services Vote which has been or will be incurred in Northern Ireland over financial years 1975–76 to 1977–78 is set out below at the prices applicable to the years in question:

			1975–76	1976–77	1977–78
			£m.	£m.	£m.
Navy	…	…	0·12	0·13	0·14
Army	…	…	21·60	15·30	10·90
RAF	…	…	2·15	1·51	1·27

About half of the total expenditure relates to improvements to the Services' accommodation in the Province, the remainder being directed to maintenance of existing accommodation.