HC Deb 21 November 1928 vol 222 cc1710-1
15. Mr. KELLY

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of men and women employed in the Home dockyards and Admiralty establishments in October, 1928.

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

The numbers in the industrial grades employed in the Home dockyards and Admiralty establishments in October, 1928, were 46,757 men and 728 women.

Mr. KELLY

Is that a reduction or an increase compared with a year ago?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

I think I have given those figures already, and I have not got them here. The answer that I gave a year ago to the same hon. Gentleman referred only to those who were borne on the dockyard books. These are rather different figures.

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