HC Deb 22 February 1979 vol 963 cc261-3W
Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) if he will publish in the Official Report figures for the number of licensed pilots and certificate holders in each pilotage district; and what estimates have been made of the number of applications likely to be made in each pilotage district by non-British European Economic Community nationals;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report figures for the number of shipping movements in and out of British ports for the latest convenient year for each pilotage district together with a break-down of these figures for each pilotage district by reference to whether the ship

Pilotage District Number of Licensed Pilots on 31 December 1977 Number of Pilotage Certificates in force on 31 December 1977 Possible issue of Pilotage Certificates to non-British EEC nationals Number of ships piloted (acts of pilotage) in 1977
ENGLAND AND WALES
Arundel 1 318
Berwick 3 292
Blyth 10 1,137
Boston and Spalding 9 2,406
Bristol 30 6 2,134
Gloucester 12 1,306
Hartlepool 11 1,511
Humber 207 22 20 31,617
King's Lynn 11 6 2,415
Lancaster 1 90
Liverpool 166 181 14,630
Manchester 75 15 6,832
Port Talbot 4 154
South East Wales 43 3 4,339
Sunderland 11 1,251
Swansea 15 15 2,173
Tees 52 6,301
Trinity House of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9 1,209
Tyne 41 4 4,249
Wisbech 3 703
London 449 176 50 55,080
Aberdovey 1
Barrow 4 See Fleetwood 1,210
Beaumaris and Caernarvon 3 170
Bridgwater 2 222
Bridport 1 12
Brixham 2 7 166
Dartmouth 2 7 133
Dee 3 409
Exeter 2 432
Falmouth 7 3 1,855
Fleetwood 3 28 608
Fowey 8 3,811

had a pilot on board, was an exempt ship or had a certificate holder on board and the number of licensed pilots in each pilotage.

Mr. Clinton Davis

The information we have available is as follows: estimates of the pilotage certificates to EEC nationals are based on ferry movements only and assume that one master and one mate apply for a certificate for each ferry. No estimates have been made of the potential issue of certificates for other EEC ships.

No central record is kept of shipping movements in and out of British ports. Where information exists, it is not directly comparable with the records which pilotage authorities keep of the number of acts of pilotage, as these include double acts of pilotage and shifts of ships within a district. The great majority of pilotage authorities do not keep a record of movements by a pilotage certificate holder. Pilotage authorities do not keep records of the movements of exempt ships.

Pilotage District Number of Licensed Pilots on 31 December 1977 Number of Pilotage Certificates in force on 31 December 1977 Possible issue of Pilotage Certificates to non-British EEC nationals Number of ships piloted (acts of pilotage) in 1977
Holyhead 6 23 223
Ilfracombe 1 9
Ipswich 10 2,814
Isle of Wight 63 85 10 10,162
Lowestoft 3 1,483
Milford 22 14 3,945
Neath 2 494
Newhaven 3 27 6 1,921
Orford Haven 1
Padstow 2 6
Penzance 1 3 652
Plymouth 7 3 2 3,355
Poole 7 5 8 3,878
Portmadoc 2
Preston 9 1,550
Rye …… 3 143
Scilly 2 3 10
Shoreham 7 3,008
Silloth 7 383
St. Ives 2 44
Taw and Torridge 3 373
Teignmouth 3 1,098
Watchet 2 318
Wells 2 142
Weymouth 1 14 167
Whitehaven and Maryport 3 806
Woodbridge
Yarmouth and Southwold 16 6 10 6,671
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen 10 9 10,432
Arbroath
Ayr 3 3 359
Buckie 2 67
Burghead 1 30
Clyde 42 173 4,071
Dundee 11 10 3,682
Elgin and Lossiemouth 1 1 13
Eyemouth
Forth 61 10 12,783
Fraserburgh 2 2 65
Inverness 2 2 390
Irvine 1 2 18
Lerwick 6 7 2,681
Montrose 3 1,075
Orknev
Peterhead 3 3 2,318
Stonehaven
Sullom Voe, Shetland
Thurso
Wick 1 86
NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast 18 64 4,637
Coleraine 3 167
Londonderry 6 1,473
Portrush 1 16