§ Mr. Hall-Davisasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of men registered as unemployed who had retired under membership of a pension scheme with normal retirement date under 65 years of age, at the most recent
UNEMPLOYED MALES REGISTERED AT EMPLOYMENT OFFICES WHO LAST WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION OCTOBER 1975 Wales North Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) … 94 56 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) … 525 818 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery … 170 186 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships … 228 220 Cable jointers and linesmen … 9 5 Plumbers, pipe fitters … 374 416 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters … 48 54 Gas fitters … 13 38 Steel erectors … 276 123 Scaffolders, stagers … 168 109 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers … 77 85 Painters and decorators … 513 663 Bricklayers … 452 543 Fixer/walling masons … 17 11 Plasterers … 241 279 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers … 13 41 Roofers and slaters … 83 104 Glaziers … 9 23 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers … 6 25 Other roadmen … 12 63 Concrete erectors/assemblers … 2 4 Concrete levellers/screeders … 8 16 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) … 41 49 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 332 204 Crane drivers/operators … 72 72 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators … 49 37 All other occupations, including labourers … 10,963 12,215 Total, all occupations … 14,795 16,459 The table does not include unemployed registered at careers offices.