§ Mr. Chichester-Clarkasked 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 WilliamsFollowing 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).