§ Mr. Hannanasked the Minister of Labour, if he will provide a break-down of the total figure of unemployed building workers in Scotland, showing how many are skilled and unskilled; and how many are employed in construction of roads, factories and other industrial buildings.
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§ Mr. GunterAt 12th February, 1968, there were 16,360 persons registered as unemployed in Scotland who last worked in the Construction industry (Minimum List Heading 500 of the Standard Industrial Classification). Of the 15,720 wholly unemployed men included in the total, 2,400 were craftsmen and 13,320 were in other occupations. The figures for craftsmen include slaters and tilers, carpenters and joiners, bricklayers, plasterers, painters and decorators, masons, plumbers, glaziers, electricians, floor and wall tilers and heating and domestic engineers.
Information about the numbers employed on the construction of roads, factories and other industrial buildings is not available.