§ Mr. Cyril Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many skilled building operatives are unemployed in the Merseyside, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Strathclyde and West Yorkshire area authorities.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerOccupational analyses of the numbers of males unemployed who last worked in the construction industry are compiled for employ- 115W ment office areas. Aggregations are available for standard regions and development areas but could only be compiled for other large areas at disproportionate cost.
Merseyside Special Development Area North West Region (including Merseyside) West Midlands Region Scotland Yorkshire and Humberside Region Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general foremen (building and civil engineering) 56 177 91 102 87 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 649 1,353 439 760 502 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical plant and industrial machinery 134 239 87 217 89 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 237 515 207 366 170 Cable jointers and linesmen 3 9 8 11 6 Plumbers, pipe fitters 387 847 222 454 292 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 46 123 30 50 52 Gas fitters 27 41 10 19 10 Steel erectors 93 213 200 191 176 Scaffolders, stagers 113 220 85 149 134 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 71 153 63 201 65 Painters and decorators 517 1,045 806 589 478 Bricklayers 497 1,160 379 475 490 Fixer/walling masons 4 12 7 14 11 Plasterers 317 580 145 144 175 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 28 61 32 63 19 Roofers and slaters 129 258 138 260 105 Glaziers 28 54 33 41 17 Asphalt and bitumen road surfaces 43 95 62 51 22 Other roadmen 68 132 31 58 34 Concrete erectors/assemblers 2 5 7 12 3 Concrete levellers/screeders 5 30 23 31 42 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water, drainage, oil) 53 100 48 38 53 Mechanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 84 284 141 293 211 Crane drivers/operators 47 108 41 132 41 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 48 97 61 89 187 All other occupations, including labourers 8,431 18,678 9,154 17,094 10,003 Total, all occupations 12,117 26,589 12,550 21,904 13,474 The table does not include data from Careers Offices.