asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the value of Admiralty contracts for shipbuilding and ship repairs to each of the regions of the United Kingdom for the years 1974, 1975 and 1976.

With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will arrange for this information to be published in the Official Report, as it involves lengthy tables of figures.The information requested is as follows:£4·6 million in 1975–76; the figure for 1976–77 is likely to be somewhat higher.