§ Mr. Goodhewasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of skilled craftsmen in the construction industry registered as unemployed as compared with the number of semi-skilled and unskilled workers in that industry registered as unemployed.
§ Mr. GoldingAt 9 November 1978, the latest date for which an industrial analysis of the unemployed is available, 166,079 people who last worked in the construction industry were registered as unemployed at employment offices and careers offices in Great Britain. There is no division of this number into skilled craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workers. A limited occupational analysis of those registered at employment offices provides the following information for certain selected occupations generally regarded as skilled:
Carpenters and joiners 6,710 Electricians 2,346 Linesmen and cable jointers 95 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 429 Plumbers and pipe fitters 3,362 Scaffolders (metal scaffolding) 1,440 Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers 3,733 Painters and decorators 8,105 Bricklayers and stone setters 4,868 Plasterers 2,399 Terrazzo workers and tile setters 337 Roofers 1,472 Glaziers 284 General builders 1,040 Pipe layers and jointers 572 Concreters 263 Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators 1,883 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 1,589 Total 40,927