§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Defence, following consultations with industry on the cuts announced in the Defence White Paper, what will be the total number of jobs lost in industry because of the defence cuts in each of the next five years.
§ Mr. William RodgersAs I said in the defence debate on 7th May—[Vol. 891, c. 1565.]—there is now evidence that the loss of job opportunities in the defence industries over the next five years will be less than the 10,000 envisaged in the White Paper. Consultations with industry are continuing but the extent of redundancies remains a matter for the firms concerned.