§ Mr. R. W. Elliottasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the numbers of unemployed registered in the Northern Region on 31st March of this year and the figures for 31st March 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithOn 12th March 1973 there were 55,991 males and 11,884 females unemployed and on 13th March 1972 there were 73,845 males and 13,453 females. Information is not available for 31st March.
§ Mr. R. W. Elliottasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of vacancies registered in the Northern Region for skilled operatives in the building industry on 31st March.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows an occupational analysis of 193W unfilled vacancies for men in the construction industry in the Northern Region in March 1973:
Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 544 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 62 Cable jointers and linesmen 6 Plumbers, pipe fitters 28 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 7 Gas fitters 2 Scaffolders/stagers 5 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 4 Painters and decorators 91 Brick layers 410 Fixer/walling masons 7 Plasterers 94 Floor and wall tilers, terazzo workers 11 Roofers and slaters 18 Glaziers 9 Other roadmen 8 Concrete levellers/screeders 3 General builders 6 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 12 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 30 Crane drivers/operators 1 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 3 All other occupations 433 Total vacancies for men in the construction industry 1,794 The statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not purport to measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour