§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many construction workers are unemployed in the West Central Scotland area, giving the figures to the nearest convenient date; and how this compares with the previous six months.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows for the Glasgow planning region of Scotland the number of wholly118W unemployed men who last worked in the construction industry:
Wholly unemployed men registered in the Glasgow planning region of Scotland who last worked in the construction industry May, 1971 … … 14,575 April, 1971 … … 14,405 March, 1971 … … 14,071 February, 1971 … … 14,075 January, 1971 … … 13,917 December, 1970 … … 11,402 November, 1970 … … 10,867