§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each of the three services the number of persons employed in operational units at battalion and so on, warships and aircraft level and the total in uniform, including all those employed at his Department, together with the number of civilians employed by each service and his Department as the case may be; and if he will provide similar figures for 1973, 1963 and 1953.
§ Mr. StanleyA functional analysis of service personnel has been contained in the "Annual Statement on Defence Estimates" since 1965. Latest details are in table 1.2 of volume 2, "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1983". Details of civilian staff are:
§ Mr. HeseltineI refer the hon. Member to the reply given yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Lord Privy Seal to the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe (Mr. Morris).—[Vol. 49, c.496.]