# House of Commons 1987: Goods and Services (defence employment): written answer, House of Commons, 24 March 1987 (HC Deb vol 113 c137W)

> House of Commons, 1987. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. MoD: in 1985–86, 285,000 people were directly and 230,000 indirectly employed in UK…

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# Goods and Services (defence employment): written answer, House of Commons, 24 March 1987 (HC Deb vol 113 c137W)

House of Commons, 1987.

**Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990** Report0

## What it's used for here

MoD: in 1985–86, 285,000 people were directly and 230,000 indirectly employed in UK industry providing goods and services to the MoD. Used as a denominator in the base-rate test. Primary; Open Parliament Licence.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[No realistic workforce makes the listed count an excess](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGC2GM2DKK/no-realistic-workforce-makes-the-listed-count-an-excess)

Evidence

EVD

[The lists hold a quarter of the suicides and open verdicts expected among GEC's UK graduates alone](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGC25H2Q8T/the-lists-hold-a-quarter-of-the-suicides-and-open-verdicts)

Evidence

EVD

[Cluster base-rate test: listed deaths against expected suicides in the source workforce](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH0DGGBP3AS2EZ/cluster-base-rate-test-listed-deaths-against-expected)

Method

MTH

[The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
House of Commons (1987). Goods and Services (defence employment): written answer, House of Commons, 24 March 1987 (HC Deb vol 113 c137W). https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written_answers/1987/mar/24/goods-and-services
```

[Find it at api.parliament.uk](https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written_answers/1987/mar/24/goods-and-services)

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