HC Deb 25 July 1939 vol 350 cc1220-1
17 and 18. Mr. Windsor

asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) the number of lascars employed in British ships for each of the years 1930–38, inclusive; (2) the number of domiciled British seamen employed on British ships for each of the years 1930-38, inclusive?

Mr. Stanley

Particulars as to the domicile of seamen are not available, but I will circulate in the Official Report such information as is compiled.

Following is the information:

The numbers of British seamen and lascars employed on sea-trading vessels registered in the United Kingdom, which were employed at some time during each of the years 1930 to 1938, were as follow:
Year. British seamen (other than lascars). Lascars (British subjects and foreigners).
1930 160,865 56,416
1931 140,553* 55,373
1932 131,277 52,117
1933 125,839 49,080
1934 124,993 48,293
1935 125,765 48,009
1936 129,775* 47,307
1937 132,299 48,658
1938 131,749 50,702
* Of the 108,882 British seamen recorded at the Census of Seamen taken on 26th April, 1931, the birthplace of 98,956 was stated to be in the United Kingdom, the corresponding figures for the Census taken on 15th June, 1936, being 101,887 and 91,176, respectively.