§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many members of the staff of his Department in each grade are engaged (1) full-time and (2) part-time in the supervision of the affairs of (a) Govan Shipbuilders, (b) Cammell Laird (c) Harland and Wolff, and (d) the nationalised companies acquired from Court Line.
§ Mr. MeacherExcluding servicing grades the information is as follows:
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Netherlands 6.1 1 United Kingdom 28.9 10 West Germany 58.8 17 Austria 4.7 1 Finland 1.6 0 Norway 0.9 0 Portugal 0.5 0 Sweden 6.4 1 Switzerland 0.6 0
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report the production of tinplate in each of the member States of the EEC and EFTA in 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, and in the latest available year, expressing the production both in quantities and in per capita terms.
§ Mr. MeacherThe information is as follows:
Full-time Part-time Under Secretary — 1 Assistant Secretary 1 — Assistant Solicitor — 1 Senior Legal Assistant — 1 Principal 2 3 Chief Accountant — 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 1 Executive Officer 2 1 Clerical Officer 1 — In the Department's Shipbuilding Policy Division, one branch under an Assistant Secretary is engaged almost exclusively on work on the shipbuilding 109W companies referred to in the Question and their subsidiaries, and officers in another branch spend significant amounts of time on the ship-repairing companies acquired from Court Line. Advice is also obtained from officers in the Industrial Development Unit and the Finance and Economic Appraisal Division, and from accountants and solicitors in my Department.