§ Mr. Bruceasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many non-European Economic Community personnel were employed offshore in the United Kingdom sector of the North sea during the last full year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe latest figures available are from the Inland Revenue's annual survey of the offshore work force, taken on 30 September 1985. On that day the total number offshore was 15,248, of whom 1,065 were non-European Economic Community personnel. The survey covers construction workers and personnel on fixed installations, mobile drilling rigs, service vessels and support barges. In reporting their survey, the Inland Revenue's practice is to multiply the total counted by 1.9 to allow for shift working and seasonal variations.