§ Mr. David Watkinsasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many additional places for civilian apprentices will be offered to give effect to the expansion of the apprentice entry mentioned in the Statement on the Defence Estimates, 1978 (Command Paper No. 7099).
§ Mr. WellbelovedIn view of the increasing difficulty we are facing when
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. Portsmouth … … 6.7 -0.6 4.9 3.3 4.4 -4.4 0.5 Devonport … … 7.6 -0.5 9.4 0.2 5.8 2.4 0.4 Chatham … … 3.3 -2.9 5.6 4.5 3.0 4.0 1.0 Rosyth … … … 1.8 -0.6 12.1 8.6 2.6 3.0 -1.7 There are special difficulties about measuring the kind of large-scale jobbing work done by the dockyards and no figures of productivity are available for earlier years.