§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many construction workers were unemployed in Great Britain in February; and if she will break the total figure down for regions and for individual trades in the regions.
§ Mr. DellAt 9th February, 1970, 130,302 persons who last worked in construction were registered as unemployed in Great Britain. The remainder of the reply consists of the following table of figures: 165W
South East East Anglia South Western West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North Western Northern Wales Scotland Great Britain Hot water fitter, heating and domestic engineer 177 9 37 43 18 56 115 57 20 43 575 Other plumbers, gas fitters, etc. 910 56 155 193 125 369 376 279 165 230 2,858 Glazier 43 5 9 10 4 11 16 5 5 14 122 Pavier, road etc. surface layer 123 5 27 43 18 65 97 93 13 87 571 Steel bender and fixer 189 11 30 56 44 122 141 74 60 347 1,074 Scaffolder 250 10 36 78 77 223 132 95 64 207 1,172 Other miscellaneous building and civil engineering workers 2,067 101 199 348 215 729 581 720 407 1,105 6,472 Steel erector, sheeter 401 39 72 212 193 429 208 286 246 264 2,350 Electrician, cable jointer, linesman 500 50 128 84 104 255 267 295 192 247 2,122 Mechanical handling plant, etc. operator 429 57 127 216 232 405 311 495 272 453 2,997 Erector, millwright, maintenance fitter 102 9 21 47 23 87 78 89 63 52 571 Labourers 9,528 1,317 3,657 3,715 3,507 6,335 7,010 7,555 5,494 10,248 58,366 Other occupations 4,484 391 1,013 1,380 982 1,532 2,014 1,751 1,413 2,532 17,492