§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many construction workers are unemployed in the Northern Region and Mid-Northumberland local employment areas, respectively; and how these figures compare with other regions.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows the numbers of registered unemployed people at August 1976 who last worked in the construction industry:
North Region 18,109 Mid-Northumberland 768 South East 45,107 East Anglia 4,695 South West 15,690 West Midlands 14,900 East Midlands 9,147 Yorkshire and Humberside 14,762 North West 27,936 Wales 15,182 Scotland 28,290 The information is from an industrial analysis which is normally made quarterly. However, because of industrial action by some staff within the Department of Employment Group, information for November 1976 is not available. Comparable information for February 1977 will be available in about a week's time.