§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were registered as unemployed at the latest available date in the construction trades in the Cleveland employment area.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following table shows for April 1976 an occupational analysis of the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices in Cleveland who last worked in the construction industry.
Site and other managers, agents and clerks of works, general formen (building and civil engineering) 12 Carpenters and joiners (construction sites and maintenance) 128 Maintenance fitters (non-electrical) plant and industrial machinery 48 Electricians (installation and maintenance) premises and ships 21 Cable jointers and linesmen 2 Plumbers, pipe fitters 42 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 2 Gas fitters 4 Steel erectors 47 Scaffolders, stagers 19 Steel benders, bar benders and fixers 21 Painters and decorators 192 Bricklayers 117 Fixer/walling masons — Plasterers 42 Floor and wall tilers, terrazzo workers 2 Roofers and slaters 16 Glaziers 4 Asphalt and bitumen road surfacers 2 Other roadmen 16 Concrete erectors/assemblers 1 Concrete levellers/screeders 3 Mains and service layers and pipe jointers (gas, water drainage, oil) 7 Machanical plant drivers/operators (earth moving and civil engineering) 26 Crane drivers/operators 24 Fork lift and other mechanical truck drivers/operators 9 All other occupations, including labourers 3,036 Total, all occupations 3,843