To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give for each standard planning region of England (a) the number of employees of his Department; (b) the amount spent in wages and salaries; and (c) the proportion of total expenditure in each region by his Department which is represented by personnel costs.

For (a) I would refer the hon. Member to table 4.13 of volume 2 of "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1988", which gives the latest available figures. Figures for (b) and (c) are not readily available and could be prepared only at disproportionate cost.