HC Deb 13 January 1913 vol 46 c1701W
Mr. ROYDS

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the approximate number of persons employed in the building trade in Great Britain in the years 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, and 1911, respectively?

Mr. BUXTON

There are no annual records of the number of persons employed in the building trades. The latest available statistics are those derived from the results of the Census of 1901. They show that in that year the numbers of persons occupied in the building trades and works of construction were as under:—

England and Wales 1,043,000
Scotland 137,000
Ireland 60,000
Total 1,240,000
The above figures include employers as well as workpeople. The figures based on the Census of 1911 have not yet been published.