§ 11. Sir William Darlingasked the Minister of Works the registered number of building workers in Edinburgh; and what proportion of these were working in Edinburgh, and what proportion were registered in Edinburgh, but resident and working elsewhere, respectively.
§ Mr. StokesOn 15th May, 1950, the latest date for which figures are available, the total number of building workers employed by contractors with business addresses in Edinburgh was 15,113, of which it is estimated that about 8,000 were working in Edinburgh. I have no information as to the place of residence of the remainder, but many of them were employed on hydro-electric and other large schemes scattered over Scotland and would be engaged locally.
§ Sir W. DarlingIs the Minister aware that the figure of 15,000 gives the impression that in Edinburgh they are not using the full amount of building labour available, and that the present system of registration misleads the public, as apparently 7,000 of those registered workers are employed outside the city.