HC Deb 07 July 1980 vol 988 cc82-3W
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will publish in the Official Report statistics of overall productivity per man employed in the Harland and Wolff shipyards in each of the last 10 years;

(2) if he will specify in the Official Report the delivery dates for each of the three ferries and the two LPG carriers currently under production at Harland and Wolff, the nature of any penalty clauses for late delivery and the cost to public funds of any subvention from the shipbuilding industry fund required to secure these orders;

(3) what was the aggregate cost to public funds of subsidies required to secure for Harland and Wolff the order for tankers from British Petroleum Ltd.;

(4) what has been the aggregate cost of all forms of financial support from public funds, including subventions from the shipbuilding intervention fund, given or committed to date to the Harland and Wolff shipyard; and what is the number now employed in the yard;

(5) how many ships from the Harland and Wolff shipyard have been delivered on schedule in the past 12 months; how many have been delivered late; and what has been the aggregate cost to public funds of compensation for late deliveries;

(6) if he will specify in the Official Report the early and marked improvements in performance achieved by the Harland and Wolff shipyard since his statement of 23 July 1979.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.

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