Speeches

Douglas Chapman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2016 to Question 20602, how many of the 183 Ministry of Defence public relations staff referred to are (a) based in Scotland, (b) have duties relating to Scotland.

Mark Lancaster

There are 12 Defence press and public relations posts based in Scotland, all of which have duties relating to Scotland.

Royal Navy

4

Army

4

Royal Air Force

4

Defence press and public relations personnel provide a UK-wide service and therefore would deal with matters relating to Scotland when required.