asked Her Majesty's Government:How many Administrative Assistants, Administrative Officers, Executive Officers and Higher Executive Officers resigned from the Ministry of Defence in the London area during 1987, what proportion of each grade this represented and what were the comparable figures for the remainder of the United Kingdom.

The number of staff in the grades mentioned who have resigned from the Ministry of Defence in the London area during 1987 are as follows:

	Number of resignations	Proportion of each grade
AAs	282	18.4%
AOs	295	9.8%
EOs	63	4.1%
HEOs	19	2.0%

The resignation statistics for these grades for the remainder of the United Kingdom during the same period are:

	Number of resignations	Proportion of each grade
AAs	1,036	13.2%
AOs	860	6.8%
EOs	145	3.8%
HEOs	28	1.6%

The proportions shown are in respect of the total number of staff in each grade employed in the geographical area concerned.