§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list for each year since 1979–80 the
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Government subsidy for British Shipbuilders* (£ million) †267 150 153 114 ‡220 ‡154 Percentage of sales value of work done 32.8 16.7 14.9 10.4 24.8 17.3 Subsidy per employee (£) 3,338 2,143 2,297 1,770 3,780 3,359 * Intervention fund assistance and payments of public dividend capital to British Shipbuilders. † Includes public dividend capital provided to permit a repayment of a £55 million loan from the National Loans Fund. ‡ Excludes the cost of the sale of Scott Lithgow Ltd. to Trafalgar House Ltd. in March 1984.