BUILDING INDUSTRY. (Hansard, 15 June 1933)

§ Mr. McENTEE

asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured persons classified in trade groups employed in the

The numbers of insured persons in each industry are ascertained once a year, in respect of the beginning of July, from the exchange of unemployment books, and figures for other dates are not available.

The following table shows the estimated numbers of insured persons in the building industry classification at July, 1932, and the numbers recorded as unemployed in March, April and May, 1933.

Occupations.	Divisions.	Great Britain.
		London.	South Eastern.	South Western.	Midlands.	North Eastern.	North Western.	Scotland.	Wales.
Carpenters	(a)	19,070	22,210	18,820	15,880	17,760	17,980	14,580	4,910	131,210
	(b)	5,742	3,870	3,522	3,778	4,587	4,848	3,233	1,825	31,405
	(c)	5,091	2,727	3,014	3,242	4,046	3,935	2.382	1,671	26,108
	(d)	4,303	2,090	2,496	2,657	3,364	3,058	2,117	1,466	21,551
Bricklayers	(a)	11,110	15,830	9,360	14,590	12,580	10,340	3,720	2,320	79,850
	(b)	2,886	1,847	1,583	2,844	2,795	2,009	310	885	15,159
	(c)	2,375	1,408	1,382	2,166	2,126	1,294	323	752	11,726
	(d)	1,784	1,004	965	1,662	1,587	896	431	696	9,025
Masons	(a)	1,540	750	5,670	1,010	2,530	2,420	6,110	1,840	21,870
	(b)	564	125	1,351	262	647	623	1,017	711	5,300
	(c)	573	107	1,106	239	521	565	831	633	4,575
	(d)	520	88	984	229	402	500	718	568	4,009
Slaters	(a)	670	130	130	520	1,110	930	3,330	30	6,850
	(b)	226	47	42	168	223	312	541	26	1,585
	(c)	165	28	46	118	214	265	425	32	1,293
	(d)	123	33	38	103	168	210	388	28	1,091
Plasterers	(a)	5,340	3,300	3,190	3,090	3,770	3,870	3,280	1,460	27,300
	(b)	1,755	727	776	803	991	1,112	564	638	7,366
	(c)	1,561	495	684	668	909	810	335	565	6,027
	(d)	1,219	365	586	596	685	594	257	505	4,807
Painters	(a)	27,890	18,660	14,060	11,860	12,440	14.300	10,210	2,980	112,400
	(b)	9,232	3,441	2,830	2,971	3,917	3,813	2,963	1,348	30,515
	(c)	5,597	1,751	1,898	1,787	2,105	-2,516	1,349	949	17,952
	(d)	5,163	1,345	1,533	1,237	1,605	1,878	1,187	735	14,683
Plumbers	(a)	5,060	4,470	3,760	4,210	5,440	6,510	6,520	680	36,650
	(b)	1,494	713	594	786	1,034	1,725	1,475	308	8,129
	(c)	1,382	605	642	759	1,055	1,611	1,334	298	7,686
	(d)	1,043	457	515	695	962	1,434	1,231	253	6,590
Labourers to the above.	(a)	50,330	43,930	32,300	31,380	28,670	27,200	14,080	7,000	234,890
	(b)	14,648	7,417	7,997	8,428	8,978	10,131	4,199	3,586	65,384
	(c)	12,991	6,287	6,949	7,598	7,951	9,077	3,991	3,414	58,258
	(d)	11,998	5,310	6,624	6,936	7,277	8,340	3.768	3,264	53,517
All other occupations	(a)	55,910	24,980	18,920	20,250	20,240	22,480	19,540	6,360	188,680
	(b)	15,050	5,272	5,824	7,651	8,515	8,301	6,523	3,431	60,567
	(c)	13,974	4,865	5,270	7,324	8,311	8,145	6,012	3,413	57,314
	(d)	12,907	4,162	4,900	6,606	7,535	7,997	6,310	3,206	53,623
Total	(a)	176,920	134,260	106,210	102,790	104,540	106,030	81,370	27,580	839,700
	(b)	51,597	23,459	24,519	27,691	31,687	32,874	20,825	12,758	225,410
	(c)	43,709	18,273	20,891	23,901	27,238	28,218	16,982	11,727	190,939
	(d)	39,060	14,854	18,641	20,721	23,585	24,907	16,407	10,721	168,896
(a) Estimated numbers insured at July, 1932.
(b) Numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed at 20th March, 1933.
(c) Numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed at 24th April, 1933.
(d) Numbers of insured persons recorded as unemployed at 22nd May, 1933.

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building industry in the various administrative divisions on the last available date in March, April, and May, 1933?