§ Mr. Willeyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what are the details of £25,000 provided for compensation and £50,000 in lieu of notice in the cost to North-East Coast Shiprepairers Ltd. of the closure of Greenwell Drydocks.
§ Mr. KaufmanThese sums were contingency estimates provided to cater for any ex gratia compensation payments which might have to be made, or any need there might be for payment of wages in lieu of notice for men who became prematurely redundant.
§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Industry what percentage reduction 13W there has been in the labour force of North-East Coast Shiprepairers as a result of the closure of Greenwell's yard at Sunderland.
§ Mr. KaufmanThere will be about a 14 per cent. reduction in the labour force of North-East Coast Shiprepairers as a result of the closure of Greenwell's yard at Sunderland.
§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many administrative staff are employed at the headquarters of North-East Coast Shiprepairers; and what reduction in their number is being made as a result of the closure of Greenwell's Drydock and dismissal of the labour force at that yard.
§ Mr. KaufmanTen administrative staff are employed at the headquarters of North-East Coast Shiprepairers Ltd. whose work relates to the group as a whole rather than the individual group subsidiaries. At the present time North-East Coast Shiprepairers have no plans to reduce the numbers employed.