§ 20. Mr. Parkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building trade craftsmen are unemployed in the South East Region.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithA total of 2,998 who last worked as carpenters, electricians, plumbers, painters and bricklayers. Following is an occupational analysis of unemployed men who last worked in the construction industry in the South East:
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OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSIS OF UNEMPLOYED MEN WHO LAST WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH EAST REGION Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 373 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 222 Cable jointers and linesmen 16 Plumbers, pipe fitters 374 Gas fitters 40 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 93 Steel erectors 332 Scaffolders/stagers 125 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 86 Painters and decorators 1,838 Bricklayers 191 Fixer/walling masons 6 Plasterers 103 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 35 Roofers and slaters 98 Glaziers 34 Other roadmen 32
Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 51 Concrete erectors/assemblers 17 General builders 124 Mains and surface layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 53 Concrete levellers/screeders 28 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 139 Crane drivers/operators 90 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 57 All other occupations 14,189 Total 18,746