§ Mr. Speedasked 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. Pattie[pursuant to the reply, 1 February 1982, c. 41.] gave the following amended replyAll records of locally employed are totals which include both German nationals, and the minority labour groups in Germany. It would involve a disproportionate effort to separate the figures for German nationals. The totals were as follows:
- 1.1.79 — 20,617
- 1.1.80 — 19,724
- 1.1.81 — 18,915
- 1.1.82 — 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 1981–80 — DM 591 million (latest estimates 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