§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table for the years 1979 to 1985 showing separately by location and distinguishing civilians from naval staff the number of employees falling within the control of the chief executive, royal dockyards.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his reply, 29 November 1985, c. 704]: The figures are as follows: 207W
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983* 1984 1985 Location Civilian Naval Civilian Naval Civilian Naval Civilian Naval Civilian Naval Civilian Naval Civilian Naval Portsmouth 7,838 13 7,396 12 7,112 9 6,013 10 4,950 8 3,603 7 177 — Plymouth 12,796 18 12,484 18 12,094 21 12,190 18 13,015 12 13,637 15 13,355 16 Chatham 6,154 13 5,960 14 5,889 13 5,020 10 3,114 7 165 — 31 — Rosyth 5,986 9 5,848 10 5,715 7 5,639 8 6,190 8 6,462 10 6,425 8 Bath 312 14 311 14 270 15 250 13 250 13 226 11 216 8 London 58 — 58 — 57 — 81 — 118 — 119 — 128 — Harrogate — — — — — — — — 2 — 3 — 3 — Portland 170 — 165 — 160 — 158 — 153 — 146 — 143 — Faslane 1,003 — 1,016 — 1,065 — 1,019 — 994 — 973 17 970 20 Liverpool 11 — 11 — 10 — 10 — 11 — 11 — 10 — Risley 32 — 32 — 33 — 32 — 34 — 40 — 43 — Pembroke Dock 18 — 18 — 25 — 23 — 23 — 21 — 22 — Yeovilton — — — — — — — — — — 7 — 4 — Milford Haven 6 — 6 — 6 — 6 — 6 — 6 — 6 — Trecwn 9 — 9 — 8 — 9 — 9 — 9 — 9 — Aberporth 4 — 4 — 4 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 1 — Llangennech 8 — 8 — 9 — 9 — 8 — 10 — 11 — Inskip — — — — — — — — — — 2 — 2 — Greenock 28 — 29 — 29 — 29 30 — 27 — 25 — Clyde 77 — 76 — — — — — — — — — — — Gibraltar 179 3 174 3 162 1 155 3 147 2 104 2 13 — Totals 34,689 70 33,605 71 32,648 66 30,646 62 29,057 50 25,574 62 21.594 52 * Civilian strengths from 1 April 1983 include MOD Police.