Written question asked by David Chaytor (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 May 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 May 2003. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 May 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many graduate scientists were recruited by the Nuclear Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in each of the last three years; and how many additional graduate scientists will be recruited during 2003-04. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many graduate scientists were recruited by the Nuclear Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in each of the last three years; and how many additional graduate scientists will be recruited during 2003-04. [112825] Dr. Moonie: The following figures show the number of science graduates recruited at the Atomic Weapons Establishment. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Science graduates 2000-01 39 2001-02 38 2002-03 43 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The expected recruitment figure for 2003-04 is 50.

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