HC Deb 27 April 2004 vol 420 c872W
Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many local employees are forecast to be employed as a consequence of the increased concentration of Royal Naval facilities in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire over the next five years, based on current plans. [165294]

Mr. Caplin

Studies which may result in further rationalisation and concentration of Royal Navy facilities in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire over the next five years are at only the preliminary stage and it is too early to predict how this might affect local employment.