§ 49. Mr. Mayhewasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what proportion of all naval research, development and production work was carried out in Royal Ordnance factories in the years 1954, 1955 and 1956, respectively.
§ Mr. T. G. D. GalbraithThe Royal Ordnance factories are essentially large production establishments. For this reason they have not been used to any extent for naval research and development.
Figures of naval production carried out in the Royal Ordnance factories during 1954, 1955, and 1956, are not readily available. It would, however, have been something like 5 per cent. of the total naval programme of research, development and production in those three years.
As the hon. Member will be aware, only a very small proportion of this total programme is of a kind which the Royal Ordnance factories could undertake.