§ Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Defence what were the number of industrial and non-industrial civilian personnel employed in Her Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, on 1st October, 1951, 1st October, 1964, and 1st October, 1966.
§ Mr. J. P. W. MallalieuThe numbers were:
Industrial Non-Industrial 1st October, 1951 … 15,044 * 1st October, 1964 … 12,697 2,279 1st October, 1966 … 11,730 2,534 * The non-industrial numbers for 1st October, 1951 are not readily available. The figure at the nearest available date—1st January, 1953—was 1,789.