HC Deb 25 February 1931 vol 248 cc2140-2W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many women workers there are in each of the Royal Dockyards and Admiralty establishments, respectively, giving their trades?

Mr. AMMON

The information is as follows:

Approximate Numbers of Women Workers employed in H.M. Dockyards and Admiralty Establishments at Home showing their Trades or Occupations.
Colour-makers. Uphol-stresses. Machinists in Roperies. Seam-stresses. Cooks, Domestics and Laundry-women. Examiners of Ordnance Stores. Char-women and Cleaners. Nitro-glycerine and Cordite Process Workers. Repair of Bags, etc., in Victualling Yards and Supply Stores. Messengers and Telephone Operators. Operators and Testers in Experiments, etc., Establishments. Printing Process Workers. Leading Tracers and Tracers.
Portsmouth Yard 52 39 1 7 49
Devonport Yard 37 15 39 29
Chatham Yard 33 59 2 1 16
Sheerness Yard 5
Rosyth Yard 6 1
Portland Naval Base 3 1 2
R.N. Store Depot, West India Docks 1
R.N. Cordite Factory, Holton Heath 3 4 27 12 1
R.N. Torpedo Factory, Greenock 10 4
Inspection Dept., Woolwich 59 5 2
R.N. Armament Depot, Crombie 3
R.N. Armament Depot, Chatham 1
R.N. Armament Depot, Gosport 1
Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, Gosport 13
Royal Victoria Victualling Yard, Deptford. 14
Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth. 5
R.N. Hospital, Haslar 6 24
R.N. Hospital, Portland 6
R.N. Hospital, Chatham 4 21
R.N. Hospital, Plymouth 6 22
R.N. Hospital, Gt. Yarmouth 2 1
R.M. Infirmary, Deal 1 3
Admiralty Compass Observatory, Slough 6 2 4
R.N. College, Greenwich 4 1
R.N. College, Dartmouth 8
Training Establishment, Shotley 1 2
Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington. 7
Admiralty Chart Establishment, Cricklewood. 13
127 15 98 20 100 59 77 27 50 8 12 13 104