§ Mr. John Townendasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was his Department's expenditure on (a) industrial civil servants and (b) non-industrial civil servants, for the years 1975–76 to 1978–79; and what will be the expected expenditure for 1979–80, expressed in 1978–79 prices.
§ Mr. HayhoeExpenditure on the pay-related allowances and national insurance contribution of MOD's United Kingdom-based civil servants, excluding staff in the Royal Ordnance Factories, whose pay costs are met from a trading fund, has been as follows:—
International Military Services Ltd. of defence sales; whether it is the intention that International Military Services Ltd. should act as principals in arms sales; and whether International Military Services Ltd. will be the sole outlet for such sales;
(2) whether, under the arrangements for the transfer of defence sales to International Military Services Ltd. he is satisfied that he will have full access to all information held by International Military Services Ltd. to which his Department, when acting in respect of defence sales, previously had access;
(3) how many staff of his Department it is intended to transfer to International Military Services Ltd. when defence sales work is transferred to this body; whether such a transfer will involve an increase or decrease in the total staffs of his Department and International Military Services Ltd.; and what the numbers of these staffs will be.
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§ Mr. HayhoeI refer the hon. Member to the written reply given on 6 February 1980.—[Vol. 978, c. 232.] The examination referred to is still continuing and no final decisions have yet been taken.