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Mr. Favell
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an estimate of the number of jobs in the north-west dependent upon United Kingdom nuclear weapon programmes.
Mr. Archie Hamilton
Estimates of the number of jobs dependent upon MOD expenditure are not made on a regional basis. It is estimated that the Trident programme will create an average 7,500 direct and 6,000 indirect jobs throughout its procurement period in the United Kingdom as a whole. About 11,000 MOD civilians are directly employed in maintaining the present nuclear deterrent.