HC Deb 20 January 1972 vol 829 cc226-7W
Mr. Mason

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many construction workers are unemployed, giving the separate figures for each region of the country.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

Numbers of people registered as unemployed at 6th December, 1971 who last worked in the construction industry.
South-East 23,208
East Anglia 3,193
South-West 7,549
West Midlands 11,883
East Midlands 7,027
Yorkshire and Humberside 14,740
North-West 21,653
North 16,797
Wales 11,710
Scotland 28,830
Great Britain 146,590