HC Deb 18 March 1963 vol 674 c10W
Miss Vickers

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many workshops are being modernised in Her Majesty's Dockyards; and what is the total cost of new plant, machinery and equipment.

Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing

The number of workshops in the Royal Dockyards at home and abroad affected by the currently planned modernisation programme is 19. Total cost of replacement and modernisation of machinery, plant and equipment in these workshops and elsewhere in the Royal Dockyards in each of the four financial years from 1st April, 1960, to 31st March, 1964, is:

1960–61 … £1,929,356 (actual).
1961–62 … £2,108,314 (actual).
1962–63 … £2,108,000 (expected out-turn)
1963–64 … £2,279,000 (estimated).
The bulk of this expenditure is for new machinery, plant and equipment.