HC Deb 08 December 1975 vol 902 c37W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) industrial and (b) non-industrial civil servants are currently employed by his Department.

Mr. William Rodgers

Including the Royal Ordnance Factories and locally-engaged civilians abroad, the total number of industrial and non-industrial civil servants currently employed by the Ministry of Defence is 172,400 and 145,600 respectively.