§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total amount of Government funding in the years 1972 to 1986 for the severance of registered dock workers from the ports covered by the dock labour scheme; and how many permanent registered dock workers left the industry in this period under severance arrangements.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 18 January 1988]: In the period 1 April 1972 to 31 March 1987 the Government provided grants of £80 million and loans of £162 million to the National Dock Labour Board towards the cost of severances of registered dockworkers. In the same period 34,361 registered dockworkers left the industry under the national employers' release arrangements.