HC Deb 20 June 1996 vol 279 c553W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are currently unemployed whose last registered employment was in the construction industry. [33749]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The information available from the winter—December to February–1995–96 labour force survey, shows that in Great Britain, there were 263,000 currently unemployed persons whose last reported employment was in the construction industry.