HC Deb 09 November 1966 vol 735 c317W
Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will set out in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the number of unemployed in the building industry, differentiating between on and off site labour, for the end of each quarter since the end of hostilities in 1945.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

Following is the information for all unemployed Construction workers. The figures cannot be divided between on and off site workers.

TOTAL NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN GREAT BRITAIN WHOSE LAST EMPLOYMENT WAS IN THE CONSTRUCTION* INDUSTRY
March June September December
1945 11,273
1946 19,106 20,465 27,804 31,546
1947 115,501 20,519 21,534 30,826
1948 32,483 30,534 36,884 42,442
1949 43,446 33,212 31,301 40,895
1950 42,248 33,552 31,147 40,112
1951 31,442 19,249 19,748 30,139
1952 38,371 29,525 32,451 50,363
1953 40,964 32,903 30,163 38,746
1954 42,175 26,419 24,065 29,634
1955 32,605 19,606 18,821 24,469
1956 31,289 21,853 24,491 35,986
1957 48,189 32,804 31,977 45,498
1958 59,532 46,961 50,014 69,292
1959 73,495 54,780 53,058 61,888
1960 58,126 39,219 37,297 45,192
1961 41,541 33,510 37,263 58,160
1962 64,415 54,255 60,536 92,673
1963 144,928 67,127 61,657 67,873
1964 61,988 43,749 43,440 49,797
1965 53,098 38,736 41,672 55,952
1966 46,332 37,006 48,598
* The figures for 1945 to June, 1948 relate to Building and Civil Engineering Construction, those for September, 1948 to March, 1959 to Building and Contracting as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (1948), and those for June, 1959 and subsequent dates to the Construction industry as defined by the Standard Industrial Classification (1958).