HC Deb 29 October 1987 vol 121 c383W
Dr. Godman

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will estimate the projected number of jobs in the shipbuilding industry from 1987 to 1991.

Mr. Atkins

There are presently some 32,000 employed in shipbuilding in Great Britain, 8,000 in BS and other merchant yards and 24,000 in yards privatised by BS. There is no reliable basis on which to forecast the position in future years.