HC Deb 08 April 1976 vol 909 cc290-1W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in the ship and boat building industry have become redundant since the last Budget.

Mr. John Fraser

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that redudancies affecting some 540 people were recorded by the Employment Service Agency as due to occur in the shipbuilding and boat building industry between 15th April 1975 and 31st March 1976.