HC Deb 01 December 1987 vol 123 cc489-90W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will give the total number of redundancies in the shipbuilding industry in Merseyside during the period from 1 January 1979 to 31 December 1986.

Mr. Atkins

[holding answer 30 November 1987]: It is estimated that there was a reduction in employment of some 3,700 in the shipbuilding industry in Merseyside during the period 1 January 1979 to 31 December 1986.