§ Mr. Barnettasked the Minister of Labour which ports are at present members of the National Dock Labour Scheme; how many employers are involved; what is the average number of employees in each port; which ports at present do not operate the scheme; how many employers are involved; and what is the average number of employees in each port.
§ Mr. GodberThe following information has been supplied by the National Dock Labour Board about the number of registered employers and dock workers at 18th February, 1964, in ports to which the Dock Labour Scheme applies. I regret that there is no comparable information for ports outside the Dock Labour Scheme.
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Port/Area Number of Registered Employers Number of Registered Workers Newcastle 24 414 Dunston (including Gateshead) 1 48 North Shields 10 208 South Shields (including Pelaw and Jarrow) 7 277 Blyth 3 167 Sunderland 10 195 Seaham 3 29 TYNE AND WEAR 58 1,338 Middlesbrough (Dock and River Tees) 37 974 Hartlepools 14 213 MIDDLESBROUGH AND HARTLEPOOLS 51 1,187 Hull 118 4,170 Goole 31 405 HULL AND GOOLE 149 4,575 Grimsby 74 1,583 Immingham 115 GRIMSBY AND IMMINGHAM 74 1,698 Boston 17 226 Wisbech 18 59 King's Lynn 27 226 WASH PORTS 62 511 155W
Port/Area Number of Registered Employers Number of Registered Workers Yarmouth 30 108 Lowestoft 9 36 Ipswich 21 90 East Anglia 60 234 Surrey Docks 451 3,417 Upper Pool 2,726 Tilbury 1,959 Northfleet 388 Royal Docks 7,304 India and Millwall Docks 3,201 London Docks 2,656 Lightermen 3,535 LONDON 451 25,186 Rochester 41 366 Chatham Strood Whitstable 20 Queenborough 10 Sittingbourne 8 Sheerness 44 MEDWAY AND SWALE 41 448 Southampton 26 1,821 Poole 13 90 Weymouth 2 123 SOUTH COAST 41 2,034 PLYMOUTH 26 129 Fowey 34 67 Par 51 Charlestown 6 Falmouth (with Penryn) 21 Truro (Newlyn, Mousehole, St. Ives) 4 Penzance (with Porthleven) 22 Hayle 15 Portreath 3 CORNWALL 34 189 Bristol (City Docks) 77 482 Avonmouth 1,459 Portishead 12 Sharpness 15 122 Gloucester 22 31 BRISTOL AND SEVERN 114 2,106 Newport 23 664 Cardiff 47 486 Barry 15 247 Port Talbot 7 166 Swansea 23 647 SOUTH WALES 115 2,210
Port/Area Number of Registered Employers Number of Registered Workers Liverpool (A.B.C.) 116 10,681 Birkenhead 1 2,099 Bromborough 1 119 Liverpool 118 12,899 Garston 6 582 Widnes 6 GARSTON AND WIDNES 6 588 Salford 3 2,183 Partington 1 64 Ellesmere Port 3 266 Runcorn 2 68 Weston Point 43 MANCHESTER 9 2,624 PRESTON 10 462 FLEETWOOD 5 224 Barrow 2 66 Whitehaven 9 26 Workington 58 Maryport 3 Silloth 18 CUMBERLAND AND BARROW 11 171 Ayr 12 65 Troon 7 Irvine 7 Ardrossan 73 AYRSHIRE 12 152 GREENOCK 7 240 GLASGOW 21 2,127 Aberdeen 19 479 Dundee (including Tayport) 8 259 Methil 6 56 Kirkcaldy 3 63 Burntisland 2 28 Grangemouth 17 555 Leith (including Granton) 25 591 EAST SCOTLAND 61 1,552 TOTALS 1,555 63,363