§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the amounts paid by the intervention fund for shipbuilding in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 21 December 1989]: Payments made from the shipbuilding intervention fund since 1979 are as follows:
Year £ 1978–79 10,839,000 1979–80 31,912,378 1980–81 41,890,399 1981–82 49,126,517 1982–83 47,925,370 1983–84 36,231,429 1984–85 20,069,280 1985–86 25,927,629 1986–87 17,450,596 1987–88 13,644,119 1988–89 38,653,894 1989 to date 25,426,976
§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the share of world shipbuilding orders won by Britain in each year since 1979.
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§ Mr. Ridley[holding answer 21 December 1989]: The percentage share of world new orders for merchant ships (in compensated gross tonnes) placed with United Kingdom yards since 1979 is as follows:
Percentage 1979 2.3 1980 2.8 1981 2.6 1982 2.6 1983 1.6 1984 1.8 1985 2.7 1986 2.1 1987 2.0 1988 0.7 Source: OECD; Lloyds/EC contract sources.
Full information on world orders for naval vessels is not available.