§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing the number of troops deployed in Northern Ireland, the number of his Department's civil servants stationed there, and the total cost to public funds of each in each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Ian Stewart[holding answer 13 June 1988]: The information available on the armed forces and MOD civilian numbers in Northern Ireland on 1 January of each year since 1974 is as follows: