§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the total number of non-military personnel employed at each of Britain's nuclear submarine and supply bases for each of the last five years.
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 HM Naval Base, Devonport 13,200 13,600 13,300 12,400 2,700 as a percentage of local workforce 10 10 10 9 2 as a percentage of workforce employed at the base 80 80 80 80 77 HM Naval Base, Rosyth 5,900 6,100 6,000 5,800 1,200 as a percentage of local workforce 11 11 11 11 2 as a percentage of workforce employed at the base 80 79 79 78 71 Clyde Submarine Base 2,300 2,200 2,200 2.000 1.900 as a percentage of local workforce 8 8 8 7 7 as a percentage of workforce employed at the base 75 71 71 67 68 The local work force is based on the numbers recorded as at 1986 in the Department of Employment defined travel-to-work areas which includes these naval bases. It excludes those in HM forces and the self-employed.
The steep reductions for Devonport and Rosyth between 1986 and 1987 reflect the transition of the former naval dockyards to commercial management.
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§ Mr. SainsburyThe number of non-military personnel employed at each of the bases is as follows:
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport 16,500 17,200 16,700 15,600 3,500 Her Majesty's Naval Base, Rosyth 7,400 7,700 7,600 7,400 1,700 Clyde Submarine Base 3,100 3,100 3,100 3,000 2,800 Notes:
(1) The figures indicate all those employed at bases where nuclear submarines are base ported. Other vessels are also base ported at these locations and the figures above do not reflect those dedicated to work on nuclear submarines. No information specifically relating to the latter is available.
(2) The figures exclude Ministry of Defence police deployed at these locations.
(3) The steep reductions for Devonport and Rosyth between 1986 and 1987 reflect the transition of the former naval dockyards to commercial management.
§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the number of non-military personnel employed at each of Britain's nuclear submarine and supply bases who are currently undergoing, or registered with, Government-sponsored training schemes.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe information is as follows:
Number Clyde Submarine Base 22 Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport 15 Her Majesty's Naval Base, Rosyth Nil
§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-military personnel employed over the last five years at each of Britain's nuclear submarine and supply bases were recruited locally; and if he will express the figures as(a) a percentage of the total local work force and (b) a percentage of the total work force employed at each base.
§ Mr. SainsburyWe do not hold separately the numbers of personnel who work directly on nuclear submarines at their base ports because other vessels share these bases. The estimated numbers of personnel recruited locally and employed at these bases (excluding Ministry of Defence Police) are as follows: