§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table similar to that contained in his answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Central of 9 February, Official Report, c. 400–401, stating the number of reductions in staff and all redundancies since May 1979.
§ Mr. PattieThe information, in so far as it is available, is as follows:
Total changes* (1 April 1979 to 1 January 1983) Number of redundancies Royal Navy/Royal Marines -5,247 125 Army +5,921 194 RAF +2,745 36 United Kingdom civilian non-industrial staff -14,808 318 United Kingdom civilian industrial staff -22,671 4,607 Locally engaged civilians overseas -4,417 † * The service figures give the changes in the requirement for trained service personnel, including locally engaged personnel. The civilian figures are changes in actual strengths, adjusted for comparability between the two dates. † Figures not available.