Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many laundrymen (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed by the Royal Navy are from (i) China and (ii) Hong Kong.

The Royal Navy contracts its laundry services to NAAFI who are responsible for the employment of all of our laundrymen.

There are currently less than ten laundrymen serving in Royal Navy vessels and all of them are from Hong Kong.