§ 19. Mr. KELLYasked the Minister of Labour the number of men registered as engaged in the civil engineering industry, and also the number unemployed in the same industry during the last four months?
§ Miss BONDFIELDAs the reply is long and contains a number of figures, I will circulate it, if I may, in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The industry groups connected with civil engineering, for which statistics are available, are constructional engineering and public works contracting. At the end of June, 1929, the number of insured men, aged 18 to 64, classified as belonging to constructional engineering in Great Britain was 25,230, while the corresponding figure for public works contracting was 154,420. The numbers of such persons recorded as unemployed for each of the last four months were:
§ Constructional Engineering:—22nd July, 2,714; 26th August, 2,929; 23rd September, 2,812; 21st October, 3,053.
§ Public Works Contracting:—22nd July, 29,909; 26th August, 31,161; 23rd September, 32,362; 21st October, 34,725.