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76.
Viscountess Astor
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the proportion of established to non-established industrial employ é s in the dockyards in the years 1929, 1935, and the latest available date?
Mr. Shakespeare
As the answer involves a table of figures, I will, with my Noble Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Following is the answer:
| — | Established. | Unestablished. |
| 1929 | 10,865 | 20,568 |
| giving a proportion of 53 per cent. | ||
| 1935 | 8,237 | 23,031 |
| giving a proportion of 36 per cent. | ||
| April 1939 | 7,661 | 33,657 |
| giving a proportion of 23 per cent. |
The marked reduction in the proportion of the numbers of established men as between 1935 and 1939 is the result of the very large increase in the entries of men in the dockyards which have recently taken place on account of the present abnormal situation.