§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of men in employment in each of the Royal Dockyards for each quarter since January, 1926?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe figure for April, 1927, to supplement those contained in the statement, given in the reply to a question by the hon. Member on the 18th February last are:
Portsmouth … … 11,645 Devonport … … 10,854 Chatham … … 8,442 Sheerness … … 2,127 Pembroke Dock … … 47 Rosyth … … 197
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will give the figures showing the total number of men employed in Devonport Dockyard in each of the months from. January, 1926, to May, 1927, showing established men and hired men, respectively?
§ Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAMThe numbers of workpeople employed in the Vote 8 Departments of Devonport Dockyard were as follow on the dates shown:
Departments provided for otherwise than in Vote 8 of the Navy Estimates, and are 763W therefore in correspondence with those given in reply to a question by the hon. Member on 4th February, 1926 (OFFICIAL REPORT, col. 326).