HC Deb 02 July 1992 vol 210 c689W
1992. Mr. Hutton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the naval shipbuilding industry in(a) 1970, (b) 1979 and (c)

Mr. McLoughlin

The number of employees in employment in the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry in Great Britain were as follows:

Number
June 1970 171,000
June 1979 135,000
1Sept 1989 51,000
1 Latest available.