Defence Industrial Base (Scotland)

Wednesday 16th January 2013 Ministerial Corrections

The following is the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, the hon. Member for Ludlow (Mr Dunne), to a question from the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson) during Defence Question Time on 14 January 2013.

[Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP)]

Last week, the UK Government published a paper about Faslane, which was widely reported together with incorrect job projections. Will the Minister dissociate the UK Government and the Better Together campaign from double counting and fabrication on such a serious issue?

[Mr Dunne]

The hon. Gentleman has clearly been reading information that is simply not emerging from the Ministry of Defence. The base at Faslane is the largest employment site in Scotland, with some 6,700 military and civilian jobs projected to increase by around 8,200 by 2022 as the Royal Navy moves all its submarines there. Those are the numbers.

[Official Report, 14 January 2013, Vol. 556, c. 592.]

Letter of correction from Philip Dunne:

An error has been identified in the oral answer given to the hon. Member for Moray (Angus Robertson).

The correct answer should have been:

[Mr Dunne]

The hon. Gentleman has clearly been reading information that is simply not emerging from the Ministry of Defence. The base at Faslane is the largest employment site in Scotland, with some 6,700 military and civilian jobs projected to increase to around 8,200 by 2022 as the Royal Navy moves all its submarines there. Those are the numbers.