HC Deb 27 January 1994 vol 236 cc368-9W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many full-time employees were registered at each offshore fabrication yard in the United Kingdom for each of the past five financial years.

Mr. Eggar

I regret that this information is not held centrally.

Mrs. Ewing

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many fabrication orders relating to the United Kingdom continental shelf gas and oil industry have been allocated per company to United Kingdom-based fabrication yards in each of the past five financial years; and how many orders from operators in the United Kingdom continental shelf area have been allocated to(a) EU countries and (b) Korea.

Mr. Eggar

Information on major orders for the calendar years 1988–1993 is contained in the table:

Yard 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Amec 2 3 1 4 3 1
Consafe — — — 2 — 1
Hi-Fab 2 4 2 5 1 1
McDermott — 5 2 — — —
SLP (L) — 2 2 — 1 1
SLP (M) — 3 1 2 1 2
THC — — 2 1 — 1
THOF (Methll) 1 1 4 2 1 1
THOF (Teeside) 1 1 3 2 — 1
UIE 1 — — 1 2 —
United Kingdom Total 7 19 17 19 9 9
Other EU Yards — 1 5 5 3 2
Korea — — — 1 — 1