HC Deb 08 November 1974 vol 880 cc240-4W
Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will set out in tabular form, for each region, the number of unemployed workers who previously worked in the construction industry, by trade, and the number of reported unfilled vacancies in each case.

Mr. John Fraser

For occupations in construction, statistics of the numbers unemployed relate to males who last worked in the industry and are registered at employment offices. The corresponding vacancy statistics relate only to vacancies notified to employment offices and do not measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour. The figures do not include unemployment and vacancies at careers offices. Following is the available information:

FOR EACH REGION COLUMN (1) SHOWS THE NUMBERS UNEMPLOYED AND COLUMN (2) THE NUMBERS OF UNFILLED VACANCIES
South-East East Anglia South-West West Midlands East Midlands
(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2)
Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 174 115 33 14 81 10 45 19 28 9
Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 388 762 48 94 175 290 135 155 74 144
Labourers and mates to woodworking craftsmen 10 1 — — 3 — 2 — 3 2
Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 87 124 15 7 27 21 38 33 43 25
Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 171 367 15 33 73 60 44 71 34 58
Cable jointers and linesmen 4 8 4 3 1 — 5 — 4 —
Plumbers pipe fitters 316 319 22 17 111 99 86 65 52 19
Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 59 143 1 3 11 13 8 18 10 9
Gas fitters 46 6 1 — 3 1 10 2 31 —
Steel erectors 106 36 10 6 58 4 48 6 58 3
Scaffolders stagers 90 70 8 2 35 12 36 13 30 4
Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 42 23 6 — 32 4 28 5 24 —
Painters and decorators 1,126 547 73 53 255 133 299 119 152 78
Bricklayers 474 210 45 92 279 72 198 64 167 97
Fixer/walling masons 5 5 — — 22 21 5 4 — 3
Plasterers 158 95 14 6 84 28 45 30 44 26
Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 32 13 3 3 10 6 10 8 11 2
Roofers and slaters 112 60 6 7 43 16 41 7 33 4
Glaziers 37 19 — — 4 2 7 5 6 1
Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 23 4 1 — 10 — 12 2 14 1
Other roadmen 34 24 2 — 14 7 30 5 18 4
Concrete erectors/assemblers 11 1 1 — 3 — 9 — 2 —
Concrete levellers/screeders 44 7 — 3 9 1 14 3 12 —
General builders 149 84 3 — 62 13 42 8 8 —
Mains and surface layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 76 24 12 — 17 9 21 4 28 —
Craftsmen's mates and other builders' labourers not identified elsewhere 3,251 552 250 59 1,060 211 1,246 115 950 70
Civil engineering labourers 113 49 50 13 63 19 76 17 85 14
Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 119 62 30 13 100 23 81 13 86 27
Crane drivers/operators 65 10 5 — 13 — 22 — 24 3
Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 39 15 8 — 78 12 32 3 17 1
All other occupations, including labourers 8,761 2,107 1,086 145 4,044 423 3,627 404 3,302 308
Total, all occupations 16,122 5,862 1,752 573 6,780 1,510 6,302 1,198 5,350 912

Yorkshire and Humberside North-West North Wales Scotland
(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2)
Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 51 6 78 49 26 22 48 10 72 10
Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 130 233 426 125 282 155 121 94 388 400
Labourers and mates to woodworking craftsmen 2 1 16 1 4 1 3 — 12 1
Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 67 19 105 20 133 15 91 10 116 34
Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 89 80 226 47 156 25 145 13 215 65
Cable jointers and linesmen 7 — 8 2 8 1 2 — 17 —
Plumbers pipe fitters 148 44 516 47 336 23 244 32 352 57
Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 25 16 59 17 25 2 26 1 34 8
Gas fitters 52 — 33 1 16 — 29 3 16 —
Steel erectors 200 5 175 1 176 3 182 — 109 9
Scaffolders, stagers 77 15 169 5 100 10 132 1 118 8
Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 32 13 76 3 36 13 51 7 106 16
Painters and decorators 184 192 583 117 259 82 230 90 346 136
Bricklayers 217 61 722 25 440 41 205 62 245 171
Fixer/walling masons 3 4 4 — 3 1 10 3 12 8
Plasterers 48 27 197 37 205 13 86 22 100 67
Floor and wall tillers, terrazzo workers 8 2 30 6 15 4 4 — 36 4
Roofers and slaters 48 12 112 15 52 14 37 10 108 78
Glaziers 9 — 29 4 8 1 6 2 23 9
Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 12 4 47 1 10 1 8 4 22 —
Other roadmen 20 5 113 5 58 5 6 2 29 17
Concrete erectors/assemblers 4 — 3 1 1 — 1 — 13 —
Concrete levellers /screeders 22 4 19 — 16 — 5 — 25 5
General builders 32 2 168 8 11 1 15 3 4 —
Mains and surface layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 33 — 80 1 41 10 25 1 39 5
Craftsmen's mates and other builders' labourers not identified elsewhere 1,195 65 3,270 42 1,839 51 963 61 1,478 174
Civil engineering labourers. 284 15 48 3 41 6 305 16 139 17
Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 126 24 160 11 102 28 173 25 156 52
Crane drivers/operators 33 1 76 2 46 6 39 2 88 4
Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 23 1 51 — 26 1 30 3 43 5
All other occupations, including labourers 5,646 393 9,959 398 7,739 333 6,240 250 11,205 573
Total, all occupations 8,827 1,244 17,558 994 12,210 868 9,462 727 15,666 1,933