HC Deb 26 March 1928 vol 215 cc822-3W
Mr. T. WILLIAMS

asked the Minister of Labour how many building operatives were unemployed on the last date for which figures are available?

Mr. BETTERTON

The following are the numbers and percentages of insured persons classified as belonging to the building trade recorded as unemployed in Great Britain at 20th February, 1928.

Occupations. Numbers. Percentages.
Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Total. Wholly unemployed. Temporarily stopped. Total.
Carpenters … 14,139 437 14,576 11.3 0.3 11.6
Bricklayers … 7,102 298 7,400 10.0 0.4 10.4
Masons … 2,531 234 2,765 11.0 1.0 12.0
Slaters … 444 24 468 7.8 0.4 8.2
Plasterers … 3,738 132 3,870 18.2 0.7 18.9
Painters … 22,440 507 22,947 20.8 0.5 21.3
Plumbers … 2,597 122 2,719 8.1 0.4 8.5
Labourers to above … 36,722 1,153 37,875 14.8 0.4 15.2
All other occupations … 25,533 840 26,373 16.0 0.5 16.5
Totals … 115,246 3,747 118,993 14.5 0.5 15.0