HC Deb 26 April 1988 vol 132 c152W
75. Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his policy on planning the relocation of Ministry of Defence facilities with regard to local levels of unemployment.

Mr. Sainsbury

In considering proposals for relocation of defence work unemployment levels are among the factors taken into account and, of course, any move would have to be justifiable in both operational and economic terms.