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Mr. Prescott
asked the Secretary of State for Trade how many marine surveyors are employed in his Department; in which part of the United Kingdom they are situated; and how many are employed at the central office in London for the years 1977 and 1978.
Mr. Tebbit
The number of marine surveyors employed in my Department on 1 October 1977, 1978 and 1979 and their location is as follows:the totals have been, broken down into districts, since 1972.
Mr. Tebbit
The number of marine superintendents, including senior and district superintendents, employed in my Department for each year since 1972 is as follows:
| 1 October 1972 | 1 October 1973 | 1 October 1974 | 1 October 1975 | 1 October 1976 | 1 October 1977 | 1 October 1978 | 1 October 1979 | |||||
| Southampton | … | … | … | … | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Plymouth | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Avonmouth | … | … | … | … | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Cardiff | … | … | … | … | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Swansea | … | … | … | … | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| South Shields | … | … | … | … | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Hull | … | … | … | … | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Middlesborough | … | … | … | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Liverpool | … | … | … | … | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Belfast | … | … | … | … | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Glasgow | … | … | … | … | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Aberdeen | … | … | … | … | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| London | … | … | … | … | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Tilbury | … | … | … | … | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ipswich | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Falmouth | … | … | … | … | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dover | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Milford Haven | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Leith | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grimsby | … | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Manchester | … | … | … | … | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | … | … | … | … | 81 | 54 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 50 | 48 | 44 |
| The total of 44 marine superintendents in post on 1 October 1979 includes three district superintendents located in London, Southampton and Hull. | ||||||||||||
The term "shipping master" is an earlier title, still used on some occasions, for staff now known as marine superintendents.