HC Deb 07 December 1972 vol 847 cc506-8W
Mr. Judd

asked the Minister of State for Defence whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the number of industrial civil servants and the number of non-industrial civil servants employed in each of the Royal Naval Dockyards in Great Britain at each of the following dates, 31st October, 1960, 31st October, 1965, 31st October, 1970, 31st October, 1971, and 31st October, 1972.

Mr. Buck

The numbers of industrial and non-industrial civil servants employed in each of the Royal Dockyards in Great Britain on the nearest dates to those quoted, for which the information is available, are as follows:

Industrial Staff Non-Industrial Staff
Date Chatham Devonport Portsmouth Rosyth Total Chatham Devonport Portsmouth Rosyth Total Grand Total
1st January, 1961 … … 9,720 16,667 14,447 6,099 46,933 1,670 1,994 2,062 1,128 6,854 53,787
1st October, 1965 … … 8,077 14,307 12,033 5,700 40,117 1,758 2,203 2,382 1,408 7,751 47,868
1st October, 1970 … … 6,383 12,061 8,127 5,567 32,138 2,403 3,257 3,234 2,290 11,184 43,322
1st October, 1971 … … 6,178 11,517 7,999 5,419 31,113 2,486 3,349 3,256 2,452 11,543 42,656
1st October, 1972 … … 5,921 11,229 7,874 5,290 30,314 2,484 3,354 3,215 2,409 11,462 41,776

Notes:

  1. (1) The reduction in industrial staff numbers between January, 1961 and October, 1965 includes the transfer to the then MPBW of about 3,000 staff employed on works services.
  2. (2)The figures from October, 1965 onwards reflect the transfer of over 3,000 industrial staff to the non-industrial category.