§ Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the statistics for the numbers employed at the individual Royal dockyards in the years 1970 to the present time, specifying in percentage terms the ratio between civilian and naval manpower.
§ Mr. SpeedThe following statement shows the numbers employed in the Royal dockyards on 1 April of each year from 1970 to 1981 and the percentages of naval to civilian manpower:
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Portsmouth Devonport Chatham 1 April A B A B A B 1977 8,108 .16 12,177 .15 6,176 .23 1978 8,173 .17 12,534 .14 6,234 .24 1979 7,762 .17 12,802 .14 6,153 .21 1980 7,325 .18 12,458 .14 6,003 .23 1981 7,050 .13 12,109 .17 5,902 .22
Rosyth Gibraltar All yards 1 April A B A B A B 1970 5,492 .44 1,409 .28 35,713 .26 1971 5,864 .32 1,433 .28 35,783 .24 1972 5,897 .31 1,418 .28 35,083 .23 1973 5,921 .25 1,403 .29 34,954 .21 1974 5,974 .22 1,392 .29 34,930 .20 1975 5,750 .24 1,382 .29 33,845 .20 1976 5,849 .24 1,364 .29 33,648 .19 1977 5,969 .17 1,379 .22 33,810 .17 1978 5,956 .18 1,304 .23 34,201 .18 1979 5,989 .15 1,338 .22 34,044 .16 1980 5,854 .17 1,337 .22 32,977 .18 1981 5,721 .12 1,353 .22 32,135 .16 Col. A = Total civilian and naval manpower.
Col B = Percentage of naval in relation to civilian manpower.
Transfers of civilian staff with their tasks to and from the dockyards accounted for a total net addition of 700 since 1 April 1970.