§ Mr. Bryan Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list in the Official Report the most recent figures on the numbers of unemployed by category of skill in the building trades in the Greater London area;
Unemployed and notified unfilled vacancies in Construction in Greater London at March 1975: Males Unemployed Notified Unfilled Vacancies Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 118 21 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 638 136 Labourers and mates to woodworking craftsmen 7 — Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 63 27 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 208 65 Cable jointers and linesmen 6 — Plumbers, pipe fitters 219 78 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 55 28 Gas fitters 39 5 Steel erectors 99 — Scaffolders/stagers 83 4 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 78 4 Painters and decorators 1,775 76 Bricklayers 260 49 Fixer/walling masons 7 — Plasterers 156 24 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 29 2 Roofers and slaters 96 12 Glaziers 20 9 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 26 — Other roadmen 48 — Concrete erectors/assemblers 9 — Concrete levellers/screeders 32 — General builders 130 31 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 35 9 Craftsmen's mates and other builders' labourers not identified elsewhere 2,016 125 Civil engineering labourers 22 — Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 57 5 Crane drivers/operators 78 1 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 53 5 All other occupations, including general labourers 4,681 631 Total, all occupations 11,143 1347