asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the average number of men established and unestablished, respectively, employed in His Majesty's dockyards in 1913, and during each year since 1920?
The average numbers of workmen employed in the Vote Eight Departments of His Majesty's dockyards are approximately indicated in the Navy Estimates for each year, and the numbers taken from the Estimates are as follow:
| NUMBERS of workpeople provided for in Vote 8, Section 1, Subhead B., of the Navy Estimates for H.M. Dockyards at Home. | ||||
| — | Established. | Hired. | Total. | |
| 1913–1914 | … | 6,667 | 34,833 | 41,500 |
| 1920–1921 | … | 15,297 | 29,703 | 45,000 |
| 1921–1922 | … | 15,300 | 32,700 | 48,000 |
| 1922–1923 | … | 14,770 | 25,230 | 40,000 |
| 1923–1924 | … | 14,107 | 23,393 | 37,500 |
| 1924–1925 | … | 13,693 | 25,207 | 38,900 |
| 1925–1926 | … | 13,124 | 25,326 | 38,450 |
| 1926 | … | 12,324 | 23,476 | 35,800 |
| 1927 | … | 11,759 | 20,841 | 32,600 |
| 1928 | … | 11,203 | 19,597 | 30,800 |
| 1929 | … | 10,849 | 20,411 | 31,260 |
| — | 1913. | 1929. | |||||
| Hired and established workmen. | Hired workmen only. | Hired and established workmen. | |||||
| Additions. | Reductions. | Additions. | Reductions. | Additions. | Reductions. | ||
| January | … | 417 | — | — | 49 | — | 103 |
| February | … | 289 | — | 120 | — | 91 | — |
| March | … | 313 | — | 76 | — | 40 | — |
| April | … | 373 | — | — | 48 | — | 83 |
| May | … | 42 | — | 106 | — | 68 | — |
| June | … | 932 | — | 80 | — | 65 | — |
| July | … | 248 | — | — | 62 | — | 82 |
| August | … | — | 266 | 76 | — | 32 | — |
| September | … | 509 | — | — | 151 | — | 248 |
| October | … | 41 | — | 20 | — | — | 20 |
| November | … | — | 12 | 78 | — | 46 | — |
| December | … | 54 | — | — | 25 | — | 52 |
| Net | … | 2,940 | — | 221 | — | — | 246 |
NOTE.—The numbers for 1913 are for hired and established workmen taken together; separate information as regards hired workmen is not now available. For 1929 information has been given for hired workmen separately and for hired and established workmen taken together.