Mr. TYSON WILSONasked the Secretary to the Admiralty the number of workmen employed at each of the Royal dockyards on the 1st of July in each year from 1907 to 1913, inclusive?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe numbers employed in the Royal dockyards (including Victualling and Naval Ordnance Establishments, hospitals, etc.) were approximately as follows:—
Year. Portsmouth. Devonport. Chatham. Sheerness. Pembroke. Haulbowline. 1907 … … 10,998 9,799 8,090 1,919 2,029 690 1908 … … 11,913 10,221 9,085 2,031 2,033 763 1909 … … 12,867 10,517 10,028 2,166 2,088 796 1910 … … 13,836 11,703 10,037 2,429 2,149 885 1911 … … 14,602 12,493 10,173 2,610 2,250 1,022 1912 … … 14,499 12,000 10,305 2,769 2,263 1,080 1913 … … 15,877 14,504 12,203 3,014 2,452 1,259
In addition the following were the approximate numbers employed elsewhere:— Year. Portland. Deptford and W. I. Docks. Woolwich. Dover. Greenock. Other Establishments.* 1907 … … 361 732 427 29 — 301 1908 … … 467 695 426 86 — 213 1909 … … 446 693 420 126 — 278 1910 … … 439 712 429 424 — 297 1911 … … 469 706 429 652 1,250 360 1912 … … 529 713 429 594 1,250 523 1913 … … 489 729 429 565 1,250 479 * Includes Rosyth, Deal, Yarmouth, Greenwich, Shotley, Sheffield, Dartmouth, and Alderney