Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state what the current shortfall of staff is at the atomic weapons research establishments at Burghfield, Cardiff and Foulness among(a) administrative, executive, and clerical staff, (b) specialist staff, (c) craft industrials and (d) non-craft industrials.
§ Mr. NeubertThe current staff shortfalls at the AWE sites at Burghfield, Cardiff and Foulness broken down by category are as follows:
Burghfield Cardiff Foulness Administrative, Executive and Clerical Grades 10 10 1 Specialist Staff — 2 30 Craft Industrials 34 — 14 Non Craft Industrials 8 — 13
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial criteria will be used to monitor the performance of the management contractors to be appointed at the atomic weapons research establishments.
§ Mr. NeubertThese details have yet to be decided.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the shortfalls of staff were at each of the four atomic weapons research establishments at the end of each year since 1980 for(a) administrative, executive and clerical staff, (b) specialist staff, (c) craft industrials and (d) non-craft industrials.
§ Mr. NeubertThe information is as follows:
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Aldermaston Burghfield Cardiff Foulness Administrative, executive and clerical 103 14 6 1 Specialist 155 5 1 21 Craft industrials 53 33 — 11 Non-craft industrials 52 18 — 6 1 January 1990 Administrative, executive and clerical 36 10 10 I Specialist 135 — 2 30 Craft industrials 72 34 — 14 Non-craft industrials 60 8 — 13
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence which firms have expressed an interest in bidding for the initial management contract at the atomic weapons research establishments.
§ Mr. NeubertTo date, expressions of interest in the initial management contract at atomic weapons establishments have been received from British Aerospace (Dynamics); British Nuclear Fuels; Brown & Root; Vickers; GEC; Hunting Engineering and Rolls-Royce.