§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of apprentices accepted with a view to employment in His Majesty's Dockyards in each year since 1913; the number that have been entered as journeymen on the expiration of their probationary period following the completion of apprenticeship; and the number of hired workmen placed on the established list in each of these years?
§ Mr. AMMONThe approximate numbers of apprentices entered in the home dockyards, excluding Rosyth and Pembroke Dock now closed, in each of the 17 years were as follow:
Year. Number. 1913 … … … … 513 1914 … … … … 582 1915 … … … … 693 1916 … … … … 768 1917 … … … … 818 1918 … … … … 805 1919 … … … … 695 1920 … … … … 516 1921 … … … … 399 1922 … … … … 250 1923 … … … … 179 1924 … … … … 257 1925 … … … … 287 1926 … … … … 200 1927 … … … … 188 1928 … … … … 183 1929 … … … … 198 As a rule, all the apprentices who complete their apprenticeship are entered as journeymen; the numbers who for various reasons may not have completed their apprenticeship could not be given without further investigation. The number 1921W of hired workmen placed on the established list in each of the last seven financial years are:
Financial Year. Number. 1922–23 … … … … 32 1923–24 … … … … 37 1924–25 … … … … 64 1925–26 … … … … 69 1926–27 … … … … 43 1927–28 … … … … 50 1928–29 … … … … 63 For the earlier years the figures are not readily available.