The scrapping of mandatory grants has encouraged considerable concern that further cuts are on the way and increased uncertainty for any agency over future funding.
They gave the subsidies first to those who agreed to undertake scrappings and then to those who did not.
But it ought to have been pointed out that less than one-third of these scrappings meant a transfer of workers.
There will be further scrappings during the course of the year—something between 10 and 16, something of that order—for this current year, as new ships come forward.
Scrapping of these items has been limited to valves which have become unserviceable, and watches defective beyond repair, which have been taken to pieces to obtain serviceable components.
Every one of his many defence statements has spoken of cuts, scrappings and redundancies all round, and everyone has boasted of spending less and less money on security.
When large castings are being made, for turbines or electrical generators, for example, large risks have to be run, and often there are two or three scrappings.
The date of her scrapping is not known.
