§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what estimate she has made of the total number of people employed on defence-related jobs in British manufacturing industry. [4753]
§ Mr. Battle[holding answer 23 June 1997]: In 1994–95, 360,000 jobs in UK industry were estimated to be dependent on defence expenditure and equipment exports.
Source: UK Defence Statistics 1996, MoD.