HC Deb 23 October 1967 vol 751 cc353-4W
48. Mr. Willey

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number employed in the shipbuilding and ship- repairing industries at the latest available date and the corresponding figures for 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1966.

Mr. Fernyhough

It is estimated that in Great Britain at August, 1967 (the latest date for which provisional estimates are available) there were 150,900 employees in employment in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries. The estimates for earlier years are August, 1966, 151,900 (provisional); August, 1965, 153,000; August, 1964, 149,100; and August, 1963, 153,200.

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