§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence, in the last two years for which figures are available, how many apprentices who completed their training in Devonport or Rosyth dockyards found work in Devonport dockyard and Rosyth dockyard.
Devonport Dockyard 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Fitter Turner 64 89 112 105 78 80 91 96 91' 62 Electrical Fitter 7 49 57 57 55 54 58 56 62 52 Boilermaker 10 10 4 13 13 12 9 9 7 8 Iron Caulker Riveter 0 0 3 7 7 8 6 10 12 3 Joiner 3 10 8 14 6 6 4 10 9 1 Coppersmith 5 18 7 17 11 14 12 8 12 0 Welder 1 6 5 11 12 9 12 10 11 7 Painter/Glazier 7 6 9 10 5 4 4 8 7 3 Blacksmith 6 2 2 6 2 5 2 5 5 2 Plumber 4 5 11 8 14 5 10 8 7 0 Shipwright 0 0 30 35 26 30 38 51 13 2 Founder 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 3 4 0 Hosemaker 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patternmaker 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Sailmaker 2 1 4 4 3 4 8 3 4 2 Total 109 197 254 291 234 233 257 277 245 142 Technicians 24 36 32 40 20 15 20 33 28 8 Grand Total 133 233 286 331 254 248 277 310 273 150
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are employed in apprentice training in Devonport dockyard.
§ Mr. LeeThere are 61 instructional staff employed in the apprentice training centre at Devonport dockyard.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many applicants there were for the apprentice training schemes in Devonport and Rosyth dockyards in the last three years.
§ Mr. LeeThis information is not available. However, the numbers of applicants at each dockyard in the last three years who sat the apprentices training scheme entry examination were as follows:
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Devonport dockyard Rosyth dockyard 1983 1,407 1,110 1984 1,401 1,078 1985 935 1,109
§ Mr. LeeThe table gives the numbers of apprentices re-employed as craftsmen on completion of training in the last two years at Devonport and Rosyth dockyards.
Year Devonport Rosyth 1984 242 100 1985 128 104
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are employed in apprentice training in Rosyth dockyard.
§ Mr. LeeThere are 46 instructional staff employed in the apprentice training centre at Rosyth dockyard.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many apprentices have been trained in Devonport in each of the last 10 years; and in what skills.
§ Mr. LeeApprenticeships normally take four years. Those completing training in each of the years in question were as follows:
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many apprentices were trained in Portsmouth dockyard for the five years before training ceased.
§ Mr. LeeThe table gives the number of craft apprenticeships completed in Portsmouth dockyard in each of the five years up to 1981, when training was suspended. Apprentice training was resumed under the reformed Portsmouth fleet maintenance and repair organisation in 1984.
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Year Number craft apprenticeships completed 1976 136 1977 114 1978 148 1979 177 1980 177
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what apprentice courses are available in Rosyth dockyard;
(2) what apprentice courses are available in Devonport dockyard.
§ Mr. LeeApprentice courses are available at Devonport and Rosyth dockyards for training in the
Rosyth Dockyard 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Fitter turner 31 38 40 48 39 47 44 37 32 39 Electrical fitter 27 34 40 37 32 29 32 39 31 38 Boilermaker 0 2 5 7 4 4 10 12 4 4 Iron caulker riveter 1 0 3 6 5 6 7 10 5 7 Joiner 6 4 3 3 5 4 6 6 5 4 Coppersmith 1 10 5 15 9 8 14 17 5 6 Welder 0 1 8 8 5 8 12 9 5 5 Painter-glazier 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 3 Blacksmith 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 Plumber 0 2 2 4 3 3 5 7 2 3 Shipwright 13 20 26 20 27 22 27 20 15 14 Founder 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 Hosemaker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patternmaker 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sailmaker 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 Total 80 114 136 156 131 137 165 163 109 125 Technicians 27 31 38 36 29 19 27 20 19 0 Grand total 107 145 174 192 160 156 192 183 128 125