HC Deb 22 June 1932 vol 267 c1084
8. Mr. EDWARDS

(for Mr. HICKS) asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of men employed in the Royal Dockyards on 1st June, 1932, and on- 1st June, 1931?

Captain WALLACE

The numbers of workpeople employed in all departments of the home dockyards on the nearest available dates are as follow:

Week ending 4th June, 1932. Week ending 6th June, 1931.
Portsmouth … 12,985 13,096
Devonport … 10,787 11,107
Chatham … 8,326 8,642
Sheerness … 2,056 2,126
Rosyth … 699 695