§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many building and construction workers in Scotland were unemployed at the most recent date for which information is available; what percentage this represents of all building and construction workers in Scotland; and if 242W she will give the numbers and percentage unemployed at the same date in each of the previous six years.
§ Mr. Dell:Following is the information:
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED IN SCOTLAND WHO LAST WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION (MINIMUM LIST HEADING 500 OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION) AS PERCENTAGES OF THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, IN SCOTLAND IN THAT INDUSTRY Numbers and Unemployed Percentage of employees, employed and unemployed April, 1970 18,453 9.4 April, 1969 15,497 8.0 April, 1968 14,555 7.3 April, 1967 14,010 7.1 April, 1966 8,451 4.2 April, 1965 10,074 5.1 April, 1964 13,328 6.9