HC Deb 17 April 1907 vol 172 cc967-70
MR. BARNES (Glasgow, Blackfriars)

To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the average number of persons employed in the Ordnance Factories in each year from 1884 to 1906, and the number employed at the present time, distinguishing the total numbers employed at Woolwich Arsenal.

MR. ROWLANDS (Kent, Dartford)

To ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the number of persons employed at present in the carriage department, the gun factory and laboratory, and the total number now employed at Woolwich; and what were the corresponding average numbers employed for each of the years 1884 to 1906.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) The information required by these Questions is as follows:—

Statement showing the average numbers of Persons employed in the Ordance Factories in each year from 1884 to 1906 and the numbers employed at the present time, distinguishing the total numbers employed at Woolwich Arsenal.
Year. Royal Carriage Department Royal Gun Factory. Royal Laboratory. Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. Royal Small Arms Factory, Birmingham. Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham. Building Works Department. Central Office Stores and Medical Department. Grand Total. Total at Woolwich.
1884–5 1,465 1,310 3,942 1,266 174 271 — — 8,428 6,717
1885–6 2,061 1,834 5,694 2,079 220 374 — — 12,262 9,589
1886–7 2,015 2,017 4,561 2,254 299 382 — — 11,528 8,593
1887–8 2,016 2,089 5,019 2,143 437 420 — — 12,124 9,124
1888–9 2,350 2,253 6,452 1,994 520 503 328 — 14,400 11,383
1889–90 2,507 2,620 6,550 2,887 849 538 455 — 16,406 12,132
1890–1 2,585 2,802 6,354 3,206 954 526 542 149 17,118 12,432
1891–2 2,313 2,501 6,584 2,281 717 725 626 194 15,941 12,218
1892–3 2,237 2,501 6,466 2,218 703 756 647 210 15,738 12,061
1893–4 2,550 2,364 5,989 1,872 456 733 677 283 14,924 11,863
1894–5 2,586 2,264 5,936 1,901 606 874 725 399 15,291 11,910
1895–6 2,487 2,182 6,155 1,769 883 568 857 479 15,380 12,160
1896 2,687 2,699 7,081 2,121 553 833 863 476 17,313 13,806
1897 2,684 2,926 7,666 2,329 480 839 923 491 18,338 14,690
1898 2,834 2,910 7,935 2,265 464 833 1,104 510 18,855 15,293
1899 3,051 2,717 7,944 2,208 458 889 1,159 522 18,948 15,393
1900 3,398 3,155 10,552 2,610 564 1,040 1,463 540 23,322 19,108
1901 3,705 3,507 10,873 2,936 700 1,224 1,838 578 25,361 20,501
1902 3,708 3,367 8,717 3,013 788 1,207 1,827 595 23,222 18,214
1903 3,366 3,085 7,256 2,788 753 1,157 1,676 627 20,708 16,010
1904 3,202 3,127 7,186 2,536 653 1,214 1,633 700 20,251 15,848
1905 3,018 3,113 6,523 1,986 492 1,080 1,772 724 18,708 15,150
1906 2,964 2,994 5,973 1,936 401* 804 1,689 708 17,469 14,328
Present time i).e. week ending 13-4-07) 2,620 2,420 5,727 2,063 — 760 1,854 664 16,108 13,285
* Average for the period up to the 9th of June when Factory was disposed of.