§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of registered unemployed building industry workers at the end of November for each of the past six years in Cornwall.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following table shows the numbers of unemployed males registered at employment offices in Cornwall who last worked in construction:
November 1969 … … … 703 November 1970 … … … 616 November 1971 … … … 784 November 1972 … … … 517 November 1973 … … … 264 November 1974 … … … 1,139 The figures do not include those registered at careers offices.
§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of people involved in the building industry in Cornwall at the end of November for each of the past six years.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerInformation about the numbers of employees in employment in local employment office areas in Cornwall is available only for each mid-year and the most recent figures are for June 1973. Following is the available information:
Employees in Employment in Construction in Employment Office Areas: Cornwall* June 1969 … … … 7,200 June 1970 … … … 6,900 June 1971 (a) … … … 7,400 June 1971 (b) … … … 8,400 June 1972 … … … 8,300 June 1973 … … … 9,300 * Not including Saltash, for which separate figures are not available throughout. For June 1971 (a) and earlier dates the estimates are based on counts of national insurance cards.
From June 1971 (b) the figures are from the annual census of employment. Little significance should be attached to small changes from one year to another.