§ Sir W. Elliottasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers and categories of skilled operatives in the building industry in the Northern Region registered as unemployed at the latest available date.
§ Mr. John FraserThe following table shows an occupational analysis of unemployed males registered at Employment Offices, who last worked in construction:
Unemployed males in the North Region at September1975:Construction Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 49 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 797 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 166 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 249 Cable jointers and linesmen 6 Plumbers, pipe fitters 426 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 51 Gas fitters 49 Steel erectors 138 Scaffolders, stagers 127 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 82 Painters and decorators 576 Bricklayers 573 Fixer/walling masons 9 Plasterers 307 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 35 Roofers and slaters 118 Glaziers 17 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 28 Other roadmen 64 Concrete erectors/assemblers 3 Concrete levellers/screeders 17 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 57 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 148 Crane drivers/operators 60 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 35 All other occupations, including labourers 12,376 Total, all occupations 16,563 The table does not include unemployed registered at Careers Offices.