HC Deb 05 December 1975 vol 901 cc372-3W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the offices and numbers of relevant employees for which he has executive or advisory responsibility in each of the following: Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Mr. William Rodgers

On the basis of information available the following table shows the number of directly employed civilians working in those offices and units which are within the city boundaries and for which the Secretary of State has responsibility:

Mr. William Rodgers

It is too soon for decisions taken in the course of the defence review and subsequently to have made a major impact on our expenditure with the aerospace industry. They will, however, eventually reduce expenditure on major aerospace projects by about £600 million from that previously envisaged.