§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many men have been discharged on reduction at Devonport, Portsmouth and Chatham Dockyards, respectively (including the various naval establishments outside such dockyards but attached or 469W belonging thereto), since the 20th March last; how many are under notice to leave; whether it has been decided that more will receive notice in the immediate future; and, if so, to what extent and when, specifying the whole including the various naval establishments and the naval establishments separately?
§ Mr. HODGESThe numbers discharged since 20th March from the establishments referred to are as follow:
which include men entered temporarily for the winter months, to relieve unemployment.
Devonport … … … 223 Portsmouth … … … 459 Chatham … … … 441 The numbers under notice to leave are
Devonport … … … 10 Portsmouth … … … 76 Chatham … … … Nil. It is the intention to issue further notices during the present and next month as follow:—
The whole of these discharges concern men paid from Vote 10 (Works Department) and Vote 9 (Armament Depots). No men paid from Vote 8, the Dockyard Vote, have been discharged on reduction since 20th March, nor are any such discharges contemplated.
Devonport … … … 15 Portsmouth … … … 40 Chatham … … … 33