HC Deb 10 March 1989 vol 148 c715W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military bases in Britain employ private security firms to(a) guard entrances to the bases and (b) in any other capacity.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Private security firms are employed at 27 military bases. It would not be in the interests of security to disclose the precise nature of the tasks which they perform.