HC Deb 10 July 1980 vol 988 c310W
Mr. Parry

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish in the Official Report the number of orders placed by British Shipbuilders in shipyards to the latest available date; which shipyards have received the orders; and what was the cost.

Mr. Michael Marshall

In the period July 1977 to May 1980 British Shipbuilders received orders for 109 merchant vessels and 46 naval vessels. The distribution of these orders between shipyards was entirely a matter for British Shipbuilders. The orders were placed as follows: