§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report showing the number of persons employed in the construction industry in each of the last five years for which figures are available in Northern Ireland and also list for each of those years (a) the number of dwellings constructed and (b) the number of construction workers unemployed.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information requested is as follows:
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Employees in employment in construction industry1 Number of unemployed construction workers1 Number of dwellings completed2 1986 24,550 23,307 10,145 1987 25,840 21,964 9,761 1988 26,360 19,251 9,941 1989 25,990 17,938 10,304 1990 25,940 16,959 7,912 1 Figures relate to June of each year.
2 Figures relate to the calendar year.