HC Deb 12 November 1990 vol 180 cc63-4W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if, in relation to the dock labour scheme, he will list(a) the estimated number of registered dockers who were expected to leave the industry by individual port, given as a percentage of the total of registered dockers as well as the actual figure, (b) the estimated contribution from the Government to the redundancy compensation scheme also by individual scheme port, (c) the actual number of registered dockers who have left the industry to date, by individual port, given as a percentage of the total of registered dockers as well as the actual figure and (d) the actual contribution from the Government to the redundancy compensation scheme also by individual scheme port.

Mr. McLoughlin

The Government made no estimate before the compensation scheme was introduced either of the likely number of registered dock workers—RDWs—who would be made redundant or of the Government's contribution to their compensation on a port-by-port basis. The number of former registered dock workers at each scheme port who had been made redundant or had been given notice of redundancy by 9 November 1990, and the Government's contribution towards their compensation, are as follows:

Ports Number of RDWs made redundant Percentage of RDWs in port Government contribution £
Aberdeen 149 100 4,921,500
Ardrossan 15 100 250,500
Ayr 14 100 215,250
Barrow 1 12 12,500
Barry 65 100 1,131,500
Bristol 419 87 4,019,000
Blyth 35 67 498,000
Boston 59 68 1,015,000
Cardiff 157 96 2,784,000
Charleston 1 100 12,500
Clyde 110 87 1,894,000
Dundee 95 100 3,063,500
Falmouth 7 100 114,500
Fleetwood 44 100 741,000
Forth 151 65 2,500,750
Fowey 44 100 770,000
Garston 108 100 2,170,500
Goole 135 82 1,396,500
Grimsby and Immingham 532 74 14,283,750
Great Yarmouth 101 100 2,937,000
Hull 572 85 9,762,000
Ipswich 64 53 989,500
Kings Lynn 41 77 717,500
Liverpool 610 52 13,124,500
London 948 54 16,657,800
Lowestoft 40 100 340,000
Manchester 162 100 3,435,000
Medway 110 20 1,905,500
Newport 91 45 1,439,500
Par 28 100 484,000
Penzance 8 100 129,000
Plymouth 17 74 297,500
Port Talbot 6 14 105,000
Seaham 10 63 130,750
Sharpness 9 23 157,500
Silloth 1 33 5,500
Southampton 458 67 7,839,500
Swansea 81 83 1,335,000
Sunderland 31 100 524,500
Tees and Hartlepool 454 93 4,336,125
Tyne 63 54 1,019,000
Weymouth 11 100 168,500
Wisbech 11 92 332,500
Workington 10 63 143,000