§ 96. Mr. Mayhewasked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement about the future level of work at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich.
§ Mr. ProfumoThe orders on which the Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich, is currently engaged are insufficient fully and economically to occupy the factory as it is now organised. The future level of work for the factory cannot be settled in isolation. As I have explained in a recent letter to the hon. Gentleman. it is clear that the total amount of general engineering capacity now available in the group of factories to which Woolwich belongs is in excess of that required to meet our long-term needs; and I am currently reviewing the scale of capacity required and its disposition between the factories concerned.