HC Deb 01 February 1982 vol 17 c41W
Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number and total cost of German nationals employed by his Department in Germany on 1 January and at the same time in 1981, 1980 and 1979, respectively.

Mr. Blaker

All records of locally employed are totals which include German nationals, dependants of United Kingdom Service men and the minority labour groups in Germany. It would involve a disproportionate effort to separate the figures for German nationals. The totals of all locally employed were as follows:

1 January 1979 — 20,617

1 January 1980 — 19,724

1 January 1981 — 18,915

1 January 1982 — 18,298

Local employees are shown by calendar year. Our financial records are by fiscal year and the expenditure was as follows:

FY 1979–80 — DM 554 million

FY 1980–81 — DM 570 million

FY 1981–82 — DM 591 million*

* latest estimated out-turn

The sterling equivalent will depend upon the rate of exchange which will have varied during these years. Using average exchange rates for each year the sterling equivalents would be about:

FY 1979–80 — £149 million

FY 1980–81 — £149 million

FY 1981–82 — £133 million