HC Deb 23 June 1924 vol 175 cc84-6W
Mr. CLARRY

asked the Minister of Labour the number of skilled and unskilled artisans unemployed and available for building work in the Newport (Mon.) borough and district?

Mr. SHAW

The number of men in the area of the Newport (Mon.) Employment-Exchange who were registered, on 26th May, 1924, as seeking work in the building trades was 167. The occupations of these men were as follow:

Carpenters 2
Bricklayers 1
Painters 8
Plumbers 3
Labourers 93
Other occupations' 60*
167
$Including clerks, carters, etc., recorded as last working for employers engaged in the building industry.

Major HORE-BELISHA

asked the Minister of Labour how many men whose ordinary occupation is one or other of the crafts of the building trade are registered as unemployed in Devonport and Plymouth, respectively, specifying the number of men in each such craft, skilled and unskilled?

Mr. SHAW

The following table gives the information asked for, in as much detail as is available from the records:

Numbers of men in the building trades on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Plymouth and Devonport on 26th May, 1924:

Occupation. Plymouth. Devonport.
Carpenters and joiners 11 11
Bricklayers 2
Masons 3
Painters 20 5
Plumbers 13 1
Labourers 55 11
Other occupations (including clerks, carmen, etc.) 98 54
Totals 201 82