HC Deb 20 December 1995 vol 268 c1255W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, how many shipyards were operational in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the past 10 years. [7276]

Mr. Eggar

The following table gives the numbers of operational United Kingdom shipyards known to the Department, and building merchant ships of 100 gross tonnes or more, over the past six years.

Year Number
1990 25
1991 19
1992 19
1993 16
1994 14
1995 13

Information for earlier years and by country could be produced only at disproportionate costs.

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