§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the number of people employed at Devonport dockyard from 1970 to 1985 as (a) Royal Naval personnel and (b) industrial civil servants;
(2) if he will list the number of people employed at Portsmouth dockyard since 1970 as (a) Royal Naval personnel and (b) industrial civil servants;
(3) if he will list the number of people employed at Rosyth dockyard for each year from 1970 to 1985; (a) Royal Naval personnel and (b) industrial civil servants.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe number of(a) Royal Naval personnel and (b) industrial civil servants employed at Rosyth, Devonport and Portsmouth dockyards as at 1 April in each of the years in question was:
Year Portsmouth Devonport Rosyth (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) (b) 1970 23 7,837 23 10,319 24 4,284 1971 21 7,533 24 10,166 19 4,465 1972 18 7,398 21 9,946 18 4,481 1973 18 7,252 21 9,778 15 4,502 1974 16 7,107 21 9,792 13 4,531 1975 16 6,638 21 9,617 14 4,344 1976 14 6,383 18 9,620 14 4,368 1977 13 6,312 18 9,583 10 4,480 1978 14 6,215 17 9,529 11 4,369 1979 13 5,806 18 9,721 9 4,410 1980 12 5,409 18 9,419 10 4,293 1981 9 5,289 21 9,204 7 4,206 1982 10 4,578 18 9,205 8 4,157 1983 8 3,611 12 9,573 8 4,505 1984 7 2,515 15 9,936 10 4,697 1985 * * 15 9,764 8 4,675 * Portsmouth ceased to be a royal dockyard from 1 October 1984.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the names of Royal Naval ships that have had major refits in Rosyth, Devonport and Portsmouth since 1975.
§ Mr. Norman LamontMajor refits completed at the three dockyards simce 1975 are as follows:
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Portsmouth HM Ships (a) Devonport HM Ships (b) Rosyth HM Ships (c) Sealion Phoebe Resolution Endurance Hecla londonderry Bulldog Sirius Repulse Beagle Dido Renown Glamorgan Hecate Yarmouth Argonaut Walkerton Crichton Revenge Danae Kellington Fox Iveston
Portsmouth HM Ships (a) Devonport HM Ships (b) Rosyth HM Ships (c) Fawn Hubberston Andromeda Penelope Charybdis Jupiter Swiftsure Scylla Sovereign Superb