HC Deb 02 August 1939 vol 350 c2378
76. Viscountess Astor

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the proportion of established to non-established industrial employ é s in the dockyards in the years 1929, 1935, and the latest available date?

Mr. Shakespeare

As the answer involves a table of figures, I will, with my Noble Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

— Established. Unestablished.
1929 10,865 20,568
giving a proportion of 53 per cent.
1935 8,237 23,031
giving a proportion of 36 per cent.
April 1939 7,661 33,657
giving a proportion of 23 per cent.

The marked reduction in the proportion of the numbers of established men as between 1935 and 1939 is the result of the very large increase in the entries of men in the dockyards which have recently taken place on account of the present abnormal situation.