§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many construction workers are unemployed in the Northern Region and in Mid-Northumberland local employment area, respectively; and what were the corresponding figures 12 months previously.
§ Mr. GoldingAt April 1976, 18,840 people in North Region and 884 people476W in the exact form requested is not available. However, the table attached gives a comparison between the years 1974 and 1975 of the number of accidents reported or supplied to each of the various inspectorates which have been brought into the Health and Safety Executive which came into being on 1st January 1975. Accidents reported to Local Authorities, which enforce the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act on behalf of the Health and Safety Commission, are also included.
in Mid-Northumberland who last worked in the construction industry were registered as unemployed. The corresponding figures for April 1975 were 15,816 and 812 respectively.
§ 71. Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many craft apprentices who have completed training courses at technical colleges and CITB training centres this year are still seeking employment.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that, on 31st April 1976, some 230 of the trainees who had completed off-the-job training under the Construction Industry Training Boards' Training Award Scheme had not been placed with employers. The training of these young people is being continued while efforts are made to obtain employment for them in the construction industry. Grants are available to employers recruiting these trainees.
§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of apprentices currently employed in the construction industry; and how this 477W compares with the numbers employed during each of the last five years.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that, at the latest available date in 1975, 59,369 apprentices were registered with the appropriate joint industry bodies for the construction inidustry. Comparable figures for earlier years are:
1974 58,909 1973 55,301 1972 52,909 1971 52,875 These figures do not include apprentices in the heating and ventilating and thermal insulation trades, for which figures are not available.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications he expects to be received from construction industry employers seeking to take advantage of the Construction Industry Training Board scheme to make grants available for training apprentices.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the Construction Industry Training Board expects to receive grant claims in respect of apprentices from some 8,000 employers in the industry for the 1976–77 training year.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of grants given to the construction industry by the Construction Industry Training Board for apprentices during the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the Construction Industry Training Board paid 46,000 grants in respect of individual apprentices for the grant year ended 31st July 1975.