Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are currently employed, respectively, in the royal aerospace establishment's propulsion department, the Admiralty research department, the royal armament research and development establishment and the royal signals and radar establishment; and what changes in(a) total and (b) sectional employment is expected when the defence research agency replaces these establishments in 1991.
§ Mr. NeubertAs at 1 April 1990 the staff employed at the establishments named were as follows:
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Staff Royal Aerospace Establishment 4,878 Admiralty Research Establishment 2,898 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment 2,365 Royal Signals and Radar Establishment 1,593 It is not our policy to publish figures for individual departments.
Future staffing levels will depend on the development of the defence research agency's business.