File containing papers concerning Devonport dockyard, particularly concerning job reductions of dockyard employees made by dockyard managers Devonport Management Limited; including:

• Papers concerning announcement by Devonport Management Limited of 1500 further redundancies at Devonport Dockyard, Aug 1990, and dispute between DML and Defence Minister and Plymouth MP Alan Clark concerning the reason for these redundancies, including copy of press release announcing redundancies; collection of news cuttings concerning the redundancies and dispute; correspondence between David Owen, Secretary of State for Defence Tom King and Managing Director of DML M.J. Leece concerning the disagreement over the cause of the redundancies
• Papers concerning Plymouth City Council attempts to offset effects of the job losses in Plymouth, including plans for future development of Devonport Dockyard, includes copies of paper prepared for meeting with the Secretary of State for Defence to discuss the future of the Dockyard, Jan 1991
• Group of correspondence/copy correspondence between David Owen, Kevin Owen Chairman of the Plymouth nuclear Dump Information Group and the Secretary of State for Defence Tom King concerning possible use of Devonport Dockyard for the decommissioning and disposal of nuclear powered submarines, Jul 1990-Apr 1991.