§ Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Labour the total number of building trade workers now unemployed in London and the total for the same date last year; and the list of the various trades involved with the numbers of each trade?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following statement gives the numbers of insured workpeople in the area of Greater London classified as belonging to the building trade, and recorded as unemployed:
Occupation. 20th Feb., 1928. 21st Feb., 1927. Carpenters … 1,282 1,012 Bricklayers … 412 386 Masons … 105 122 Slaters … 81 55 Plasterers … 330 142 Painters … 5,845 7,545 Plumbers … 348 482 Labourers to above … 6,101 7,360 Other occupations … 4,478 4,235 Total … 18,992 21,339