§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Minister of State for Defence what has been the value of orders placed by the Royal Ordnance Factories with the machine tool industry under the terms of the current Exchequer-financed purchasing programme to date; and what is the number of individual orders so placed.
§ Mr. BlakerAbout 200 orders valued at £1.8 million have been placed with the British machine tool industry since 1st April 1972.