HC Deb 20 July 1984 vol 64 c341W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the numbers of royal ordnance factory staff employed in each constituency in 1979 and at the latest available date.

Mr. Pattie

The number of permanent civil servants employed in the royal ordnance factory organisation operating under a trading fund within the Ministry of Defence—therefore excluding the ordnance factories at Burghfield and Cardiff—at 1 July 1979 and 1 July 1984 are:

Location 1 July 1979 1 July 1984
Birtley 2,198 1,583
Bishopton 2,539 2,087
Blackburn 2,481 2,378
Bridgwater 954 779
Chorley 2,962 2,283
Enfield 1,224 1,125
Glascoed 2,072 1,753
Leeds 1,870 1,577
Nottingham 1,666 1,122
Patricroft 1,513 1,367
Radway Green 2,174 1,787
Waltham Abbey (South Site) * 331
Westcott * 483
Headquarters 308 405
TOTAL 21,961 19,060
* Not then part of the royal ordnance factory organisation.