HC Deb 03 November 1986 vol 103 c346W
Mr. Thurnham

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the latest estimate of the number of people employed on defence contracts in the north-west during 1986.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Estimates of the total number of jobs in United Kingdom industry sustained by defence expenditure are derived from generalised statistical information. It is not possible to give a separate figure for the north-west of England.