§ Mr. Delargyasked the Minister of Labour how many ship repairers were employed in London and Tilbury in 1955; and how many are employed now.
§ Mr. FernyhoughEstimated numbers of employees in employment are available for the whole of the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry (Minimum List Heading 370.1 of the Standard Industrial Classification) but not for ship repairing alone. At mid-1955 the estimates for Greater London and for the area covered by the Tilbury and Grays Employment Exchanges were 13,700 and 1,300, respectively. The latest corresponding estimates were, for Greater London, 7,200 at mid-1967 and for Tilbury and Grays (for which mid-1967 figures will not be available until later this year), 1,000 at mid-1966.