§ Mr. Urwinasked the Minister of Labour what has been the rate of recruitment of apprentice craftsmen to the 178W building industry in each year from 1946 to 1963; and what was the corresponding number of journeymen employed over the same period.
§ Mr. MarshThe numbers of boys who entered the construction industry as apprentices and the number of craftsmen in the industry in the years 1951 to 1963 were as follows:
Boys entering as apprentices Number of craftsmen employed 1951 … 20,373 669,650 1952 … 19,318 629,670 1953 … 21,001 637,000 1954 … 19,278 642,580 1955 … 20,855 not available 1956 … 19,451 not available 1957 … 18,783 681,330* 1958 … 18,308 673,350* 1959 … 21,966 696,690 1960 … 22,321 706,140 1961 … 26,163 701,870 1962 … 31,473 712,230 1963 … 26,827 720,090 * These figures do not include craftsmen employed in Government Departments. Figures showing the number of apprentices entering the industry in years before 1951 are not available. The figures show the numbers known to the youth employment officers to be entering employment leading to apprenticeship and are therefore incomplete.
The construction industry includes building, civil engineering and electrical contracting, and building and civil engineering departments of Government Departments and Local Authorities.
§ Mr. Urwinasked the Minister of Labour how many men have been retrained as craftsmen for the building industry; what are the numbers in each trade; and how many of these are now productively employed in the industry.
§ Mr. MarshFollowing is the information: 179W
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VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHEME NUMBER OF PERSONS TRAINED FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 15.12.45 TO 9.12.63 Period Bricklayers Carpenters Heating and Ventilating Painters Plasterers Plumbers Slaters and Tilers Contractors Plant Mechanics Electrical Contractors Street Masons and Paviors Constructional course Terazzo layers Year ended 9.12.63 — 139 — 12 — 17 — 142 18 15 — — Year ended 10.12.62 — 124 — 21 2 10 — 130 14 22 — — Year ended 11.12.61 26 110 — 27 6 17 — 124 15 22 — — Year ended 12.12.60 20 120 — 31 9 12 — 109 — 20 — — Year ended 14.12.59 20 108 — 22 8 16 — 105 — 19 — — Year ended 8.12.58 19 104 — 20 10 11 — 96 — 19 — — Year ended 9.12.57 16 113 — 19 8 19 — 95 — 9 — — Year ended 10.12.56 42 105 — 29 16 27 — 103 — 31 — — Year ended 12.12.55 37 156 — 29 11 37 — 79 — 26 — 4 Year ended 13.12.54 49 134 — 32 18 25 — 25 — 55 — 16 Year ended 7.12.53 61 146 26 59 25 34 — — — 47 — 17 Year ended 8.12.52 43 117 50 61 12 31 — — — 71 10 31 Year ended 10.12.51 40 131 46 93 7 22 — — — 51 12 35 Year ended 11.12.50* 46 186 82 230 2 43 — — — 66 31 27 Year ended 12.12.49 53 228 — 318 8 91 — — — 73 31 48 Year ended 13.12.48 693 644 76 468 353 339 28 — — 98 28 43 Year ended 15.12.47 15,513 8,271 33 3,836 3,615 2,729 588 — — 91 28 — Year ended 16.12.46 4,543 4,968 4 1,754 1,125 993 206 — — 12 1 — TOTALS 21,221 15,904 317 7,061 5,235 4,473 822 1,008 47 747 141 221
Period Terazzo Polishers Wood Machinists Maintenance Fitters Stone Masons Fixing and Walling Masons Timbermen Blacksmiths Mastic Asphalt Pipe Jointers Glaziers Carpenters(Bench) Totals Year ended 9.12.63 — 59 — — — — — — — — 28 430 Year ended 10.12.62 — 56 — — — — — — — — 25 404 Year ended 11.12.61 — 65 — — — — — — — — 25 437 Year ended 12.12.60 — 92 — — — — — — — — 23 436 Year ended 14.12.59 — 69 — — — — — — — — 34 401 Year ended 8.12.58 — 95 — — — — — — — — 32 406 Year ended 9.12.57 — 81 — — — — — — — — 30 390 Year ended 10.12.56 — 93 — — — — — — — — 36 482 Year ended 12.12.55 1 101 — — — — — — — — 45 526 Year ended 13.12.54 6 120 54 — — — — — — — 23 557 Year ended 7.12.53 31 129 79 33 11 — — — — — 44 742 Year ended 8.12.52 29 147 67 61 15 — — — — — 46 791 Year ended 10.12.51 23 120 71 110 21 — — — — — 44 826 Year ended 11.12.50* 41 204 91 195 17 — 6 13 — — 29 1,309 Year ended 12.12.49 58 225 176 224 104 — 40 173 — — 36 1,886 Year ended 13.12.48 44 177 158 122 — 9 78 308 49 17 57 3,789 Year ended 15.12.47 — 573 127 82 — 36 53 96 121 44 32 35,868 Year ended 16.12.46 — 249 79 — — 5 6 14 28 — — 13,987 TOTALS 233 2,655 902 827 168 50 183 604 198 61 589 63,667 * Estimated figures for 1 month included. It is not known how many of these persons are currently employed in the construction industry though well over 90 per cent. were placed in jobs in their training trades in the industry on leaving the centre.