§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many registered dock workers have accepted redundancy following abolition of the national dock labour scheme; and what is(a) the number and (b) the percentage of registered dock workers (i) at each port and (ii) nationally.
§ Mr. PortilloAt 21 July 1989, 2,288 former registered dock workers had been made redundant or been given notice of redundancy following the abolition of the dock labour scheme. This represents 25 per cent. of the number of RDWs at 3 July 1989, when the scheme was abolished. I understand that at some ports some former registered dock workers made redundant have been re-employed by a different employer; and at other ports dock work is now being carried out by existing employees who were not registered dock workers. The position in each port is as follows.
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Ports Number of registered dock workers made redundant Percentage of registered dock workers in the port Aberdeen 149 100 Ayr 14 100 Barry 20 31 Bristol 2 0.4 Cardiff 157 96 Charleston 1 100 Fleetwood 4 9 Fowey 44 100 Garston 79 73 Goole 72 44 Grimsby and Immingham 442 60 Hull 242 36 Ipswich 32 27 Kings Lynn 40 75
Ports Number of registered dock workers made redundant Percentage of registered dock workers in the port Liverpool 69 5 London 393 23 Lowestoft 27 90 Manchester 42 26 Newport 82 42 Par 28 100 Plymouth 11 37 Sharpness 2 4 Southampton 210 31 Swansea 78 89 Tees and Hartlepool 37 7 Wisbech 11 92