asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many indirect jobs he expects the Trident procurement programme to provide throughout the whole of the programme in the United Kingdom;(2) how many direct jobs he expects the Trident procurement programme to provide throughout the whole of the programme in the United Kingdom.

The British Trident programme is expected to create, on average, approximately 9,000 job opportunities directly and 7,000 indirectly throughout the period of procurement. The number of job opportunities will run at about 17,000 direct and 13,000 indirect during the peak years.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the reply of 26 March, Official Report, column 202, to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood), (1) where he envisages that the extra 17,000 jobs that he expects from the Trident programme during its peak years will be created; and in which constituencies and firms;(2) where he envisages that the extra 13,000 indirect jobs that he expects from the Trident programme during its peak years will be created; and in which constituencies and firms.

Estimates of the British job opportunities which Trident might generate are derived from generalised statistical data. It is not possible to break these estimates down in terms of geographical area, firms or constituencies.