§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of unemployed construction workers in the Merseyside special development area to 65W the latest available date, and the percentage of unemployed construction workers in the other special development areas.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows the total numbers unemployed in each area who last worked in construction and the percentage they formed of all those unemployed in the area:
UNEMPLOYED IN SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS AT APRIL 1975 Number who last worked in construction Percentage of all unemployed Merseyside 12,279 19.5 North-East 11,181 20.0 West Cumberland 486 13.1 West Central Scotland 10,616 18.9 Girvan 54 16.5 Leven and Methil 153 14.4 Glenrothes 71 10.4 Livingston 134 21.8 South Wales 3,231 22.0 North-West Wales 1,419 27.9