§ Mr. CabornTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what functions his Department carries out at the regional level; where the regional offices are located in each of the regions; what staff are employed and at what grades; what proportion of his Department's budget is spent in each of the regions; and what geographical boundaries determine his Department's regions.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkInformation relating to the regional distribution of service and civilian personnel together with 719W expenditure on defence equipment is already published in the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1989, Cm. 675, volume 2. Expenditure across the defence budget as a whole is not accounted for on a regional basis.