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Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated expenditure on nuclear weapons by the United Kingdom for each year over the past decade in constant money terms.
Mr. Blaker
The expenditure attributed to our strategic nuclear forces over the past decade, at constant 1982–83 Estimates prices, is as follows:
| £ million | ||||
| 1972–73 | 1973–74 | 1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 |
| 178 | 164 | 173 | 170 | 186 |
| £ million | ||||
| 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 |
| 197 | 173 | 196 | 206 | 300 |