HC Deb 21 December 1962 vol 669 c268W
Mr. Prior

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the numbers employed in the shipbuilding industry in Lowestoft on each 1st December, 1953, to 1962.

Mr. Hare

The available figures relate to mid-year and do not yet include 1962.

They are as follows:

Lowestoft
Estimated numbers of employees in employment in the Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Industries
Mid 1953 990
Mid 1954 1,300
Mid 1955 1,810
Mid 1956 1,890
Mid 1957 1,790
Mid 1958 1,720
Mid 1959 1,530
Mid 1960 1,170
Mid 1961 1,350

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