HC Deb 01 July 1927 vol 208 cc762-3W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked 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 HEADLAM

The 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-BELISHA

asked 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 HEADLAM

The 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 therefore in correspondence with those given in reply to a question by the hon. Member on 4th February, 1926 (OFFICIAL REPORT, col. 326).