HC Deb 21 November 1985 vol 87 cc253-4W
Mr. Hancock

asked 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 Lamont

The 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. Hancock

asked 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 Lamont

Major refits completed at the three dockyards simce 1975 are as follows:

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