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Defence Spending

Volume 134: debated on Tuesday 24 May 1988

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his estimate of the percentage of gross domestic product allocated to defence in each of the years 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90.

The information requested is as follows:

Per cent.
1987–884·4
1988–894·2
1989–904·1
The reducing percentage largely reflects forecast growth in GDP.