§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many vacancies for a killed building workers have been notified to his Department in West Central Scotland; and what is the total number of unemployed skilled building workers in that region.
CONSTRUCTION: UNEMPLOYED AND NOTIFIED UNFILLED VACANCIES IN WEST CENTRAL SCOTLAND AT JUNE 1975 Unemployed Notified unfilled vacancies Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering)1 41 10 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 345 49 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 54 21 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 179 19 Cable jointers and linesmen 6 2 Plumbers, pipe fitters 199 22 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 22 4 Gas fitters 13 — Steel erectors 86 1 Scaffolders, stagers 51 8 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 91 3 Painters and decorators 284 47 Bricklayers 184 34 Fixer/walling masons — 2 Plasterers 87 17 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 51 — Roofers and slaters 121 38 Glaziers 18 3 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 20 — Other roadmen 22 1 Concrete erectors/assemblers 12 — Concrete levellers/screeders 20 — Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 15 — Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 98 17 Crane drivers/operators 73 3 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 46 1 All other occupations, including labourers 7,989 324 Total 10,127 626