§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimates have been made by his 465W Department of the economic impact of the location of its establishments on United Kingdom regional policy; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SainsburyWhilst we aim to, secure a more even spread of defence employment across the regions, decisions on all proposals affecting the future of defence establishments must be made on their own economic and operational merits.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of defence establishments together with the number of staff, including regular service men, employed in each English and Welsh county.
§ Mr. SainsburyDetails on the number of defence establishments located in each county are not available centrally and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost and effort. The table shows the number of staff, both civilian (full-time equivalent) and service, employed or deployed in each county at 1 July 1987.
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Civilian and Service Numbers at 1 July 1987 Total Service personnel Civilian personnel England 311,333 190,906 120,427 North Region 5,287 2,124 3,163 Tyne and Wear 604 246 358 Cleveland 723 41 628 Cumbria 2,354 491 1,863 Durham 117 40 77 Northumberland 1,489 1,306 183 Yorkshire and Humberside Region 20,485 14,448 6,037 South Yorkshire 2,375 2,080 295 West Yorkshire 371 115 256 Humberside 1,832 1,136 696 North Yorkshire 15,907 11,117 4,790 East Midlands 17,145 13,082 4,063 Derbyshire 294 20 274 Leicestershire 4,573 3,316 1,257 Lincolnshire 9,772 8,578 1,194 Northamptonshire 207 135 72 Nottinghamshire 2,299 1,033 1,266 East Anglia Region 18,641 16,020 2,621 Cambridgeshire 8,621 7,285 1,336 Norfolk 6,439 5,581 858 Suffolk 3,581 3,154 427 South east region 149,319 86,717 62,602 Greater London 32,817 12,922 19,895 Bedfordshire 3,503 1,325 2,178 Berkshire 13,863 4,271 9,592 Buckinghamshire 5,145 4,133 1,012 East Sussex 123 39 84 Essex 5,912 4,411 1,501 Hampshire 60,818 38,543 22,275 Hertfordshire 1,634 1,548 86 Kent 8,092 6,189 1,903 Oxfordshire 10,896 7,508 3,388 Surrey 5,423 4,910 513 West Sussex 1,093 918 175 South west region 78,538 48,504 30,034 Avon 7,222 1,663 5,559 Cornwall 7,185 6,391 794 Devon 20,508 14,799 5,709 Dorset 9,821 5,681 4,140 Gloucestershire 6,427 1,993 4,434 Somerset 5,074 3,428 1,646 Wiltshire 22,301 14,549 7,752
Total Service personnel Civilian personnel West Midlands region 17,463 8,481 8,982 West Midlands 685 333 352 Hereford and Worcester 4,008 1,481 2,527 Shropshire 7,081 3,430 3,651 Staffordshire 2,993 1,685 1,308 Warwickshire 2,696 1,552 1,144 North west region 4,455 1,530 2,925 Greater Manchester 920 136 784 Merseyside 1,459 218 1,241 Cheshire 660 236 424 Lancashire 1,416 940 476 Wales 12,040 6,076 5,964 Clwyd 2,140 909 1,231 Dyfed 3,040 831 2,209 Gwent 253 38 215 Gwynedd 1,364 1,120 244 Mid Glamorgan 63 8 55 Powys 533 190 343 South Glamorgan 4,605 2,956 1,649 West Glamorgan 42 24 18 Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel on sea service in home waters are included in the county containing the home port of their ship.