§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table giving, for both the Devonport and Rosyth naval complexes separately for the years 1979 to 1984 (a) civilians directly under the control of chief executive dockyards, (b) naval staff directly within the control of chief executive dockyards, (c) other Ministry of Defence civilians working exclusively on dockyard work, (d) other Ministry of Defence civilians working partly on dockyard work, (e) other Ministry of Defence civilian unconnected with dockyard work,(f) naval staff, (g) contractors' employees, (h) others, and (i) total.
§ Mr. LeeThe numbers of people, civilian and naval, serving at Devonport and Rosyth dockyards on the 1 April in each of the years from 1979 to 1984, and accountable to the chief executive dockyards were as shown in the table reproduced below.
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1 April 1979 1 April 1980 1 April 1981 1 April 1982 1 April 1983 1 April 1984 Devonport Civilian 12,772 12,459 12,068 12,173 12,812 13,423 reductions to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee. The main variations shown derive from the decisions announced in Cmnd. 8288.
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Changes to workloads -817 -371 +439 +1,229 General streamlining -25 -37 -7 Dropping or materially curtailing a function -908 -2,763 -4,017 Totals -817 -1,304 -2,361 -2,795
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table giving the number of employees at 1 April for the years 1970 to 1984 for each of the royal dockyards separately and an aggregate total for each year.
§ Mr. LeeThe total number of civilians serving in the royal dockyards at 1 April for the years in question are shown in the table reproduced below:
1 April 1979 1 April 1980 1 April 1981 1 April 1982 1 April 1983 1 April 1984 Royal Navy 18 18 21 18 12 15 Rosyth Civilian 5,984 5,846 5,713 5,637 6,064 6,334 Royal Navy 9 10 7 8 8 10 Totals Civilian 18,756 18,305 17,781 17,886 18,876 19,757 Royal Navy 27 28 28 26 20 25 Grand Total 18,783 18,333 17,809 17,912 19,896 19,782 The other information requested will take a little time to assemble, and I shall write to the hon. Gentleman about it.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table for the years 1979 to 1984, showing separately by location and distinguishing civilians from naval staff, the numbers of employees falling within the control of chief executive dockyards.
§ Mr. LeeThe numbers were as indicated in the table reproduced as follows:
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Total civilian and naval personnel accountable to Chief Executive Dockyards* 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Establishment Civilian Royal Navy Civilian Royal Navy Civilian Royal Navy Civilian Royal Navy Civilian Royal Navy Civilian Royal Navy Portsmouth Dockyard 7,764 13 7,322 12 7,041 9 5,936 10 4,787 8 3,433 7 Devonport Dockyard 12,772 18 12,459 18 12,068 21 12,173 18 12,812 12 13,423 15 Chatham Dockyard 6,154 13 5,960 14 5,889 13 5,020 10 3,036 7 132 — Rosyth Dockyard 5,984 9 5,846 10 5,713 7 5,637 8 6,064 8 6,334 10 Gibraltar Dockyard 1,335 3 1,340 3 1,350 1 1,292 3 1,175 2 1,055 2 Chief Executive Dockyards (CED) Headquarters 373 14 378 14 336 15 303 13 291 13 268 11 CED's Telecommunications Staff 97 — 92 — 90 — 124 — 168 — 174 — Faslane (Engineering Services Department) 1,003 — 1,016 — 1,065 — 1,019 — 994 — 973 17 Clyde Marine Services Maintenance Base 77 — 76 — — — — — — — — — Portland (Port Auxiliary Repair Unit) 170 — 165 — 160 — 158 — 153 — 146 — Navy Department Shore Machinery Base 88 — 88 — 95 — 92 — 94 — 124 — Yard Services Department Greenock 28 — 29 — 29 — 29 — 30 — 27 — Collier Dock, Chatham — — — — — — — — — — 20 — Totals 35,845 70 34,771 71 33,836 66 31,783 62 29,604 50 26,109 62 * Numbers shown are actual bearings as at 1 April each year.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a reconciliation between the figures for civilian personnel in the dockyards as given in table 3.7 of Cmnd. 9227-II and the figures for civilian staff in the dockyards in the United Kingdom as given in table 5.2 of Cmnd. 9227-II.
§ Mr. LeeThe first table mentioned in the question is a historical record of average numbers in the years indicated. The second—as the heading to the table indicates—records the forecasts included in annual Estimates in respect of the years there indicated. The differences, where they are other than marginal and attributable to estimating tolerances, arise from adjustments to manpower targets made after the estimates had been prepared.