§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how his Department calculates the number of people employed in and by defence related industries in the regions of the UK; what multiplier is used; and what the(a) regional and (b) national totals are. [159306]
§ Mr. CaplinI refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 12 December 2002,Official Report, column 418W in which the methodology was described. As indicated in this answer, a detailed report was being prepared. This is now available as Defence Statistics Bulletin 5. It has been published on the Defence Analytical Services Agency's website: www.dasa.mod.uk/statbulletin/bulletin5.pdf.
The latest estimate of the number of full time jobs supported in the UK by MOD expenditure and defence exports is around 295,000 in 2001–02. No estimate is currently available on the breakdown of employment numbers by region.