HC Deb 25 May 1960 vol 624 c418
4. Mr. Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Air what effect the cancellation of the Blue Streak project will have on the technical man-power requirements of the Royal Air Force.

Mr. W. J. Taylor

It is difficult to estimate precisely what effect the cancellation of Blue Streak will have on the technical man-power requirements of the Royal Air Force.

Blue Streak would have required eventually 3,600 technicians, but the actual technical man-power requirements of the R.A.F. for the second half of this decade will depend upon certain defence policy decisions which have yet to be taken.