HC Deb 20 January 1981 vol 997 c118W
33. Dr. Owen

asked the Secretary of State for Defence, in view of the intention to lose 32,000 Civil Service posts from his Department between 1 April 1981 and 1 April 1984, how many posts he expects to lose in the Plymouth travel-to-work area during this period.

Mr. Speed

It is far too soon to say.