§ Mr. WATSONasked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of registered unemployed workers in the building trade, giving bricklayers, joiners, plasterers, etc., separately, in the Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline districts of Fife, at the latest available date?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe total numbers of insured persons, aged 14 to 64 years, in the building industry recorded at the Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline Employment Exchanges as unemployed at 22nd June, 1936, were 109 and 75, respectively. The numbers of men, aged 21 to 64 years, included in these totals were 91 and 68, respectively, and the following table gives an occupational analysis of these figures:—
Occupation. Kirkcaldy. Dunfermline. Carpenters … … 3 2 Bricklayers … … — — Masons … … … 2 — Tilers … … … 2 — Plasterers … … — — Painters … … 6 4 Plumbers … … 1 1 Labourers to above and builders' labourers. 23 12 Navvies, etc. and general labourers. 30 35 All other occupations 24 14 Total aged 21–64 years 91 68