§ Mr. KELLYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the average number of men established and unestablished, respectively, employed in His Majesty's dockyards in 1913, and during each year since 1920?
§ Mr. G. HALLThe average numbers of workmen employed in the Vote Eight Departments of His Majesty's dockyards are approximately indicated in the Navy Estimates for each year, and the numbers taken from the Estimates are as follow:
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NUMBERS of workpeople provided for in Vote 8, Section 1, Subhead B., of the Navy Estimates for H.M. Dockyards at Home. — Established. Hired. Total. 1913–1914 … 6,667 34,833 41,500 1920–1921 … 15,297 29,703 45,000 1921–1922 … 15,300 32,700 48,000 1922–1923 … 14,770 25,230 40,000 1923–1924 … 14,107 23,393 37,500 1924–1925 … 13,693 25,207 38,900 1925–1926 … 13,124 25,326 38,450 1926 … 12,324 23,476 35,800 1927 … 11,759 20,841 32,600 1928 … 11,203 19,597 30,800 1929 … 10,849 20,411 31,260
— 1913. 1929. Hired and established workmen. Hired workmen only. Hired and established workmen. Additions. Reductions. Additions. Reductions. Additions. Reductions. January … 417 — — 49 — 103 February … 289 — 120 — 91 — March … 313 — 76 — 40 — April … 373 — — 48 — 83 May … 42 — 106 — 68 — June … 932 — 80 — 65 — July … 248 — — 62 — 82 August … — 266 76 — 32 — September … 509 — — 151 — 248 October … 41 — 20 — — 20 November … — 12 78 — 46 — December … 54 — — 25 — 52 Net … 2,940 — 221 — — 246 NOTE.—The numbers for 1913 are for hired and established workmen taken together; separate information as regards hired workmen is not now available. For 1929 information has been given for hired workmen separately and for hired and established workmen taken together.