§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number and classification of registered vacancies for skilled operatives in the building industry in the North-West and
UNFILLED VACANCIES IN CONSTRUCTION: SEPTEMBER 1974 North-West Macclesfield Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 49 — Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 125 3 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 20 — Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 47 — Cable jointers and linesmen 2 — Plumbers, pipe fitters 47 1 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 17 — Scaffolders, stagers 5 — Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 3 — Painters and decorators 117 — Bricklayers 25 3 Plasterers 37 — Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 6 — Roofers and slaters 15 — Glaziers 4 — Other roadmen 5 — General builders 8 — Craftmen's mates and other builders' labourers not identified elsewhere 42 2 Civil engineering labourers 3 — Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 11 — Crane drivers/operators 2 — All other occupations 404 8 Total, all occupations 994 17 The table does not include vacancies held at careers offices.