§ Mr. WINDSORasked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons registered as unemployed in all grades of the building industry on the latest available date?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe total number of insured persons, aged 14 to 64 years, in the building industry, recorded as unemployed in Great Britain at 23rd March, 1936, was 140,236, of whom 132,691 were men aged 21 to 64 years, 7,132 were youths and boys under 21 years, and 413 were women and girls. The occupations of the unemployed men, aged 21 to 64 years, were as follow:
Occupation. Number. Carpenters 10,795 Bricklayers 3,591 Masons 2,081 Slaters and Tilers 925 Plasterers 2,206 Painters 16,503 Plumbers 3,381 Labourers to above and Builders' Labourers 35,242 Navvies, etc., and General Labourers 29,017 All other occupations 28,950 Total, aged 21–64 years 132,691