Portsmouth (Land And Personnel)

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asked the Minister of State for Defence whether, for 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1971 and 1972 he will publish details of the average number of Service personnel stationed within Portsmouth, the average number of civilian employees working for his Department within Portsmouth, the total number of acres utilised for residential and recreational purposes by his Department within Portsmouth and the proportion of all Service land within Portsmouth utilised for residential and recreational purposes.

The information in respect of 1971 is as follows:

(a) Average number of service personnel stationed within the city limits of Portsmouth—6,412.

(b) Average number of civilian employees working for the Ministry of Defence within the city limits of Portsmouth—14,074.

(c) 63 acres are used for residential and 113 acres for recreational purposes, these figures representing respectively approximately 4·5 per cent. and 8 per cent. of the total land held by the Ministry of Defence within the city limits of Portsmouth.

The information in respect of 1972 and for the years prior to 1971 is not immediately available and I will write to the hon. Member.

Volume 832: debated on Wednesday 1 March 1972