§ Sir W. Elliottasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many skilled operatives in the building industry in the Northern Region were registered as unemployed at the latest available date.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows an occupational analysis of unemployed males registered at employment offices in the North Region at July 1975 who last worked in construction.
Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 53 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance 843 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 168 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 288 Cable jointers and linesmen 12 Plumbers, pipe fitters 440 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 53 Gas fitters 39 Steel erectors 117 Scaffolders, stagers 137 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 72 Painters and decorators 569 Bricklayers 630 Fixer/walling masons 6 Plasterers 286 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 32 Roofers and slaters 126 Glaziers 20 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 22 Other roadmen. 48 Concrete erectors/assemblers 3 Concrete levellers/screeders 13 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 36 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 115 Crane drivers/operators 56 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 28 All other occupations, including labourers 11,408 Total, all occupations 15,620 The table does not include data from Careers Offices.