HC Deb 13 February 1939 vol 343 c1378W
Mr. Thorne

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state for the area of the Barnet Urban District Council the numbers of unemployed navvies, bricklayers, labourers, carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, and painters?

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The following table shows the numbers of insured men, aged 18–64, in the undermentioned occupations in the building industry who were recorded as unemployed at 16th January, 1939, at the Barnet Employment Exchange:

Occupation. Number.
Carpenters 23
Bricklayers 21
Plasterers 11
Painters 62
Plumbers 2
Labourers to above and Builders' Labourers 42
Navvies and General Labourers 48

Corresponding figures are not available for industries other than the building industry.

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