§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the acreage of the site currently occupied by the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe Farnborough site comprises 1,196 acres. This includes the airfield and the 50 acre site which is being leased out as a civil enclave. The nearby Royal Aircraft Establishment site at Pyestock comprises 257 acres.
§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in theOfficial Report details of the number of people employed at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough together with a breakdown of their Civil Service grades and total salaries paid for each grade.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe total number of people employed by the Royal Aerospace Establishment as a whole at 1 April 1988 was 5,378. It is not our policy to provide further breakdown of this figure.