§ Sir. R. Gowerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty (1) what is the present number of chargemen of trades, minor trades, and titular grades, employed in Chatham Dockyard; and what is the present average total amount received by them weekly in respect of their pay and special pay, including special duty pay such as charge rates;
(2) whether taking an average week at the present time, he can state how many of the chargemen of trades, minor trades, and titular grades, employed at Chatham Dockyard, drew total payment of less than 70s., 80s., 90s., 100s., and 110s., and. 120s., respectively; and whether he will provide similar statistics in respect of the men supervised by the chargemen in question?
— 1913. 1920. 1929. 1937. Portsmouth Dockyard … 256 372 276 346 Portsmouth Armament Supply Establishment … 11 20 29 29 Devonport Dockyard … 195 290 265 329 Devonport Armament Supply Establishment … 9 11 11 17 Chatham Dockyard … 192 233 188 220 Chatham Armament Supply Establishment … 6 10 12 16 Sheerness Dockyard … 71 71 62 56 Rosyth Dockyard, etc. … — 155 8 9 Rosyth Armament Supply Establishment … — 9 6 6 Portland Dockyard … 4 9 9 8 Portland Armament Supply Establishment … 2 3 3 4 Royal Victoria Yard, Deptford … — 4 5 4
§ Sir R. Gowerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many chargemen of trades, minor trades, and titular grades, borne at present in the different Admiralty establishments, are established and unestablished, respectively?
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Mr. CooperThe number of chargemen of trades, minor trades and titular grades at Chatham Dockyard is 220; the present average total weekly earnings of these men are £4 14s. 2d., which includes 7s. 7d. for overtime.
Of these chargemen:—
- 5 received less than 70s. a week.
- 15 received less than 80s. a week.
- 88 received less than 90s. a week.
- 167 received less than 100s. a week.
- 200 received less than 120s. a week.
- 213 received less than 120s. a week.
Of an average (derived from a scrutiny of a recent period) of 7,339 men supervised by these chargemen:—
- 4,063 received less than 70s. a week.
- 6,017 received less than 80s. a week.
- 6,950 received less than 90s. a week.
- 7,254 received less than 100s. a week.
- 7,321 received less than 110s. a week.
- 7,336 received less than 120s. a week.
§ Sir R. Gowerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can provide figures showing the present number of chargemen of trades, minor trades, and titular grades borne in the different Admiralty establishments at the present time, in 1929, 1920, and 1913, respectively?
Mr. CooperThe following is a statement showing the numbers of chargemen of trades, minor trades, and titular grades borne, at the times shown, in the dockyards, and certain other establishments at Home where such chargemen are employed:
Mr. CooperThe number of established and unestablished chargemen of trades, minor trades, and titular grades in the Home dockyards and in certains other establisments where such chargemen are borne are as follow:
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— Established. Unestablished. Portsmouth Dockyard 284 62 Portsmouth Armament Supply Establishment. 24 5 Devonport Dockyard 265 64 Devonport Armament Supply Establishment. 16 1 Chatham Dockyard 160 60 Chatham Armament Supply Establishment. 14 2 Sheerness Dockyard 53 3 Rosyth Dockyard, etc. 7 2 Rosyth Armament Supply Establishment. 4 2 Portland Dockyard 8 — Portland Armament Supply Establishment. 4 — Royal Victoria Yard, Deptford. 1 3
§ Sir R. Gowerasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the present average number of men supervised by the chargemen of trades, minor trades, and titular grades in the Home dockyards; and how this number compares with the number supervised in 1927 and the immediate pre-war period, respectively?
Mr. CooperThe average numbers of men per chargeman supervised by chargemen of trades, minor trades and titular grades in the Home dockyards in 1913, 1927 and this year are 41, 29 and 32, respectively.