§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, Hatfield-Lostock division, at (i) Hatfield, and (ii) Lostock were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (2) how many employees at British Aerospace, Weybridge division, at (i) Weybridge and (ii) Woodford were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (3) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, dynamics group at (i) Bristol division, Bristol and (ii) Bristol division, Weymouth were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (4) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, Bracknell division, at (i) Bracknell and (ii) Plymouth were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (5) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, Weybridge division, at (i) Dunsfold, (ii) Hamble and (iii) Kingston-on-Thames were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (6) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, Weybridge division, at (i) Bristol, (ii) Brough and (iii) Chadderton were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (7) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, Warton division, at (i) Preston, (ii) Samlesbury and (iii) Warton were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (8) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, civil division, at (i) Bristol, (ii) Chester. ( iii) Hatfield and (iv) Prestwick were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (9) how many employees of British Electric Traction Company plc, at (i) Rediffusion Radio Systems, London and (ii) Rediffusion Simulation, Aylesbury, Brighton and Crawley were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (10) how many employees at Leyland Vehicles working on self-changing gears in Coventry were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (11) how many employees of British Leyland plc at (i) Leyland Vehicles, Preston and (ii) Leyland Vehicles, Watford, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (12) how many employees in Cambridge Electronics Industries plc, defence and electronic systems division, at Graseby dynamics in (i) Surbiton, (ii) Watford and (iii) Weybridge were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
281 - (13) how many employees in BTR plc at Dunlop, Coventry and Dunlop, Loughborough, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (14) how many employees in Cable and Wireless plc, London, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (15) how many employees at the warship building division at (i) Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, (ii) Swan Hunter, Hebburn and Wallsend and (iii) Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (16) how many employees in the merchant shipbuilding and composite division at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, and Hall Russell, Aberdeen, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (17) how many employees in British Shipbuilders at (i) Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, and (ii) Hall Russell, Aberdeen, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (18) how many employees at British Aerospace plc, space and communications division, at Bristol and Stevenage were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (19) how many employees at Marconi Secure Radio Systems, Dunfermline, Kidsgrove and Portsmouth were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (20) how many employees at Marconi Space Systems, Portsmouth, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (21) how many employees at Marconi Underwater Systems at (i) Farlington, (ii) Frimley, (iii) South Wirral, (iv) Waterlooville and (v) Wembley were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (22) how many employees at Marconi Radar Systems at (i) Chelmsford, (ii) Gateshead, (iii) Leicester and (iv) Norwich were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (23) how many employees at Marconi Instruments at (i) Dunfermline, (ii) Luton, (iii) St. Albans and (iv) Stevenage were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (24) how many employees at Marconi Defence Systems at (i) Dunfermline, (ii) Kidsgrove, (iii) Portsmouth, (iv) Stanmore and (v) Watford were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (25) how many employees at Marconi Communication Systems at (i) Chelmsford, and (ii) Witham were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (26) how many employees at Marconi Command and Control Systems, Frimley were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (27) how many employees at Marconi Easams, at (i) Camberley and (ii) Fleet were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (28) how many employees at Dowty Rotol, Gloucester, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (29) how many employees at Dowty Fuel Systems at (i) Atworth, (ii) Cheltenham and (iii) Staverton were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
282 - (30) how many employees at Dowty Boulton Paul, Wolverhampton, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (31) how many employees at Dowty and Smiths Industries Controls, Cheltenham, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (32) how many employees at Dowty Group, Gresham Lion, Basingstoke, and Feltham, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (33) how many employees at Ferranti Instrumentation (i) Bracknell, (ii) Manchester and (iii) Newport Pagnell were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (34) how many employees at Ferranti Defence Systems at (i) Bellshill, (ii) Dalkeith, (iii) Dundee and (iv) Edinburgh were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (35) how many employees at Ferranti Computer Systems (i) Bracknell, (ii) Cwmbran and (iii) Stockport were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (36) how many employees at General Electric Company Avionics at (i) Basildon, (ii) Borehamwood, (iii) Rochester and (iv) Stanmore were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (37) how many employees at General Electric Company Computers at (i) Borehamwood and (ii) Dunstable were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (38) how many employees at General Electric Company Electrical Projects at (i) London and (ii) Rugby were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (39) how many employees at General Electric Company Telecommunications at (i) Coventry, (ii) Hartlepool, (iii) Glenrothes and (iv) Pontypridd were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (40) how many employees at Paxman Diesels, Colchester, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (41) how many employees at Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (42) how many employees at Vauxhall Motors at (i) Ellesmere Port, (ii) Luton and (iii) Toddington were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (43) how many employees at GKN Sankey at (i) Bilston, (ii) Telford and (iii) Wolverhampton were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date;
- (44) how many employees at Hunting Engineering at (i) Bedford, (ii) Bristol, (iii) Farnborough and (iv) Hoddesdon were employed on Ministry of Defence contracts at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his reply, 2 December 1985, c. 92The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on the number of persons employed on its contracts by individual companies at separate locations.