HC Deb 17 July 1979 vol 970 cc443-4W
27. Mr. R. C. Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement showing the extent of the increase or decline in the labour force employed in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries during the past 10 years for which figures are available.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table shows the numbers of people employed in employed in the shipbuilding and ship-repairing and marine engineering industries in the years 1970 to 1979 inclusive.

Year and Numbers Employed
June 1970 181,000
June 1971 183,000
June 1972 177,000
June 1973 177,000
June 1974 175,000
June 1975 174,000
June 1976 175,000
June 1977 175,000*
June 1978 175,000*
April 1979 168,000*
*Provisional

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