HC Deb 31 March 1980 vol 982 c68W
Mr. John Townend

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many industrial and non-industrial civil servants were employed in his Department for the years 1976 to 1980, inclusive.

Mr. Hayhoe

Excluding staff in the Royal ordnance factories, the numbers of Ministry of Defence United Kingdom based civil servants employed in the years 1976 to 1980 were as follows:

Mr. Pattie

Since 3 May 1979 three Ministry of Defence civil servants of assistant secretary level and above have been granted official permission to take up appointments in industry with companies in some form of contractual relationship with this Department.