File containing papers concerning Devonport dockyard, particularly concerning redundancies of dockyard employees following the introduction of the Government's scheme of commercial agency management and a reduction in the Naval workload; including:

• Correspondence between David Owen and Secretary of State for Defence George Younger Mar-Apr 1988 concerning allegations that Younger concealed future scale of job losses in Devonport Dockyard under commercial agency management prior to the General Election in Jun 1987
• Correspondence and press releases issued by Devonport Management Limited and the Ministry of Defence announcing future job reductions in the yard
• Correspondence between David Owen and Ministry of Defence officials including Secretary of State for Defence George Younger,Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Tim Sainsbury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Armed Forces Michael Neubert concerning effect of redundancies; individual projects scheduled for the dockyard etc
• Papers concerning possible plans for dismissal of final year apprentices at Devonport Dockyard, Sep 1988, including correspondence and press release
• Transcripts of statements made by David Owen in reaction to redundancy announcements.