HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc354-5W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give a breakdown by region of the companies on the defence contractors' list.

Mr. Neubert

A breakdown by region of companies

currently registered on the defence contractors' list (DCL) is as follows:

Numbers
South East 3,051
Greater London 1,728
East Anglia 294
South West 1,080
West Midlands 1,269
East Midlands 644
Yorkshire and Humberside 833
North West 1,134
North 371
Wales 344
Scotland 784
Northern Ireland 113
Channel Islands 6
Isle of Man 7
Total 11,658

Some companies have a number of sites registered on the DCL and the above figures therefore add up to more than the number of individual companies on the DCL (10,371). The two figures could be reconciled only at a disproportionate cost.