HC Deb 31 July 1930 vol 242 cc723-4W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the total number of men, established and hired, respectively, employed in Devonport Dockyard in each of the months of May and June, 1930?

Mr. G. HALL

The numbers of work-people at each of the following dates were:

Established. Hired. Total.
31st May, 1930 2,997 7,304 10,301
28th June, 1930 2,982 7,199 10,181

The figures relate to Vote 8 departments and are in correspondence with those given in reply to the hon. Member's question on 28th May, 1930, [OFFICIAL REPORT, column 1312].

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the total number of men in employment in each of the royal dockyards for the second quarter of 1930?

Mr. HALL

The figures required to supplement those given in reply to the question of the hon. Member on the 28th May, 1930, [OFFICIAL REPORT, columns 1311–12] are:

JULY, 1930.
Portsmouth 10,538
Devonport 10,069
Chatham 7,482
Sheerness 1,844
Rosyth 202