§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the number of redundancies which have occurred in the ship repair industry on Merseyside over the last five years to the most recent convenient date;
(2) what is the number of redundancies which have occurred in the ship repair industry on Merseyside since 1st January, 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAccording to records held by my Department, redundancies occurring in the ship repairing industry in the Liverpool travel-to-work area have involved 2,550 workpeople during the period 1st July, 1967 to 19th July, 1972, inclusive, and 640 workpeople in the period 1st January to 19th July,1972.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of fully employed workers in the ship repair industry on Merseyside to the most recent convenient date; and how these figures compare over the past five years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe precise information is not available but the following table shows the estimated number of employees in employment in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry in the Liverpool travel-to-work area at June each year from 1966 to 1970, the 343W latest date for which information is available:
Estimated number of employees in employment in the Liverpool travel-to-work area in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry (minimum list heading 370.1 of the Standard Industrial Classification) Thousands June, 1966 13.6 June 1967 15.8 June, 1968 16.9 June, 1969(a) 16.4 June, 1969(b) 16.5 June, 1970 14.3 The figures for June, 1969(b) and June, 1970 are based on the 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification and are not exactly comparable with those for June, 1969(a) and earlier dates which are based on the 1958 edition.