HC Deb 25 March 1991 vol 188 cc315-6W
Ms. Walley

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

Mr. McLoughlin

The Government made no estimate before the compensation scheme was introduced either of the likely number of registered dock workers 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 22 March 1991, and the Government's contribution towards their compensation, are in the table:

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
Blyth 35 67 498,000
Boston 58 67 1,015,000
Bristol 442 91 7,408,500
Cardiff 160 96 2,784,000
Charlestown 1 100 12,500
Clyde 113 89 1,938,500
Dundee 95 100 3,063,500
Falmouth 7 100 114,500
Fleetwood 44 100 741,000
Forth 152 57 2,560,750
Fowey 44 100 770,000
Garston 108 100 2,170,500
Goole 135 82 2,359,000
Great Yarmouth 101 100 2,937,000
Grimsby and Immingham 542 75 14,326,750

Ports Number of RDWs made redundant Percentage of RDWs in Port Government contribution
Hull 572 84 9,762,500
Ipswich 58 48 1,007,000
Kings Lynn 42 79 735,000
Liverpool 741 58 15,015,000
London 1,158 66 20,526,300
Lowestoft 30 100 340,000
Manchester 162 100 3,435,000
Medway 137 23 2,360,000
Newport 171 84 2,534,500
Par 28 100 484,000
Penzance 8 100 129,000
Plymouth 17 57 297,500
Port Talbot 6 14 105,000
Seaham 10 63 130,750
Sharpness 9 19 157,500
Silloth 1 33 5,500
Southampton 468 69 8,114,500
Sunderland 31 100 524,500
Swansea 81 83 1,335,000
Tees and Hartlepool 490 88 7,551,125
Tyne 81 70 1,383,250
Weymouth 11 100 168,500
Wisbech 11 92 332,500
Workington 10 63 143,000