HC Deb 15 February 1993 vol 219 c55W
1992. Mr. Hutton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the merchant shipbuilding industry in the United Kingdom in(a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c)

Mr. McLoughlin

Merchant shipbuilding forms part of the shipbuilding and repairing industry (activity heading 3610 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1980). Estimates for dates nearest to those specified are as follows:

Employees in the shipbuilding and repairing industry in Great Britain1
Thousands
June 1974 146
June 1979 135
September 1989 51
1 Not seasonally adjusted.

Figures from the September 1991 census of employment will be available in April.

Allocations 1990 £ 1991 £ 1992 £ 1993 £
Local Authorities 49,251,200 60,500,000 59,000,000 83,450,000
Voluntary Sector 18,897,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 31,800,000
Higher Education 14,691,080 17,000,000 16,780,000 22,000,000
Industry Training Organisations 6,584,090 3,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000
TEC/LEC 618,330 4,000,000 8,000,000 13,000,000
Government 142,500,000 157,500,000 150,400,000 209,800,000

1990 £ 1991 £
Claims
Local Authorities 55,114,200
Voluntary Sector 18,885,400
Higher Education 16,247,000
Industry Training Organisations 3,104,700
TEC/LEC 1,213,000
Government 156,700,700
Total 209,665,990 251,265,000

Information for 1990 broken down by sector could be obtained only by manual analysis and therefore at disproportionate cost.

Details of final claims for 1992 do not have to be submitted to the Commission until June 1993.

All moneys allocated in 1990 and 1991 which were not taken up in those years were carried forward for use in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

Mr. Illsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether the Croham directive applies to the availability of the report recently commissioned by the Employment Department on the use of technical assistance moneys under the European social fund.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The Croham directive is not applicable to the availability of the report mentioned by the hon. Member.

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