§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many jobs at the Principal Supply and Transport Officer Naval (Stores) at Portsmouth are dependent on the supply of stores to Devonport and Rosyth dockyards.
§ Mr. LeeThe effort involved equates to about 12 staff, but no job is wholly dependent on the supply of stores to Devonport and Rosyth dockyards.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the stores from the Principal Supply and Transport Officer Naval (Stores), Portsmouth that go to Devonport and Rosyth are strategic stores.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the Principal Supply and Transport Officer Naval (Stores) work at Portsmouth involves sending stores to Rosyth and. Devonport.
§ Mr. LeeAbout 15 per cent. of store issues by the Principal Supply and Transport Officer (Naval) at Portsmouth are for Devonport and Rosyth naval bases, but under half of those issues are to meet the requirements of the dockyards themselves.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the number of civilians employed in the transport departments of Rosyth and Devonport naval bases.
§ Mr. LeeThe transport departments of the Principal Supply and Transport Officer (Naval) employ 148 civilian staff at Rosyth, and 310 at Devonport.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list all the services provided by Devonport dockyard to the Royal Navy;
(2) if he will list all the services provided by Rosyth dockyard to the Royal Navy.
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§ Mr. LeeThe services provided by the royal dockyards at Devonport and Rosyth to the Royal Navy fall into five main categories as follows:
- (a) Refit, repair, maintenance and modernisation of Royal Navy vessels;
- (b) Overhaul and testing of naval equipments, including those to be returned to the Director General of Stores and Transport (Navy) for stock and subsequent issue to the Royal Navy;
- (c) Installation and maintenance of machinery and equipment in naval establishments;
- (d) Provision of utility services to Royal Navy vessels alongside in the naval base and to adjacent naval shore establishments; and
- (e) manufacture of some items of ships' equipment.
Management Area Overall civilian strength as at 1 October 1985 Location/Title Function/Role Chief Executive Dockyards (CED) 21,252 Devonport Dockyards Rosyth Faslane Clyde Submarine Base Portland Port Auxiliary Repair unit Blackbrook Farm Repair Depot Navy Department Shore Machinery Offices: Aberporth, Belfast, Forest Support to Fleet and Civil Moor, Inskip, Shore Establishments Hangennoch, Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock, Risley and Trecwn CED Telecommunications: at Fort Southwick, Forest Moor Telecommunications HMS COLLINGWOOD, Mount Wise and Northwood Director General of Supplies and Transport 13,581 Arrochar, Beith, Coulport Armament depots (Naval)(DGST(N)) Crombie, Dean Hill, Devonport, Milford Haven, Portsmouth and Trecwn Copenacre, Devonport, Stores/Victualling Depots Eaglescliffe, Exeter, Faslane, Fleetlands, Kirkliston, Lathalmond, Llangennoch, Newcastle upon Tyne, Perth, Portland, Portsmouth, Rosyth, Slough Woolsten, Wrangaton and Yeovilton Devonport, Garelochead, Oil Fuel Depots Invergordon, Pembroke Dock, Portland and Portsmouth Commander in Chief Naval Home 4049 Plymouth, Portsmouth and Flag Officers Command (CINCNAVHOME) Scotland/Northern Ireland Dartmouth, Greenwich and Royal Naval Colleges Manadan HMSs—CAMBRIDGE, Traning Establishments COLLINGWOOD, DOLPHIN, MERCURY, TEMERAIRE, RALEIGH, ROYAL ARTHUR, SULTAN and VERNON HMS—CALEDONIA and Accommodation Centres EXCELLENT HMSs—COCHRANE, Naval Bases DRAKE, NELSON, NEPTUNE HMS INSKIP Wireless Telegraphy Station