HC Deb 02 June 1997 vol 295 cc13-4W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many United Kingdom jobs are currently dependent on Eurofighter; and how many he estimates there will be at the peak of production. [1020]

Mr. Spellar

The Eurofighter development programme currently sustains about 6,000 jobs in the United Kingdom. This figure is expected to rise to about 14,000 at the peak of production.