§ Mr. Speedasked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many directly employed labour force operatives are 301W employed at the depots of the Bournemouth area of his Department; and what percentage they represent of the overall strength of the directly employed labour.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe number is 1,111, which is about 3 per cent. of the total directly employed labour strength.
§ Mr. Speedasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what were the classes of work which the First Mann Report recommended should be carried out by the directly employed labour force of his Department; and upon what criteria those recommendations were made.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe First Mann Committee Report is a confidential document which provided part only of the evidence on which I have based my D.E.L. policy. I do not propose to publish the Report or to divulge it piecemeal.
§ Mr. Speedasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what was the total strength of his directly employed labour force on 31st December 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and at the latest convenient date; and how many of the men were craftsmen and how many were labourers.
§ Mr. John SilkinThe numbers are:—
31st December, 1963 40,597 31st December, 1964 39,451 31st December, 1965 38,351 31st December, 1966 37,452 31st December, 1967 36,847 31st December, 1968 36,025 1st June, 1969 34,926 No figures are available of the breakdown between craft and non-craft grades before 1968.
Numbers of directly employed labour in craft and non-craft grades in 1968 and 1969 were:—
Craft Non-Craft 1st April, 1968 15,254 21,450 (including 2,997 Labourers) 1st April, 1969 15,161 20,359 (including 2,675 Labourers)