HC Deb 20 June 1990 vol 174 c593W
75. Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many former employees of NESL are currently in work.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Of the 1,755 former employees of NESL and associated British Shipbuilders' companies in Sunderland who have registered to date with Sunderland Enterprise and Training Ltd., 1,354 (77 per cent.) are now in new jobs or working on fixed-term contracts of 12 weeks or more. SETL does not monitor casual employment of short duration. A further 105 people are currently on training courses.