§ Sir W. Elliottasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give and classify figures for the number of skilled operatives in the building industry registered as unemployed in the Northern Region at the latest available date.
§ Mr. GoldingThe numbers of unemployed people who last worked in the construction industry are analysed according to the occupation for which they are registered for subsequent employment. The analysis relates to those registered at employment offices—but not careers offices—and information is available only for the occupations shown in the table below.
Following is the information available for the Northern Region at 14th October:
Carpenters and Joiners 995 Electricians 189 Linesmen and Cable Jointers 5 Heating and Ventilating Engineering Fitters 24 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 319 Scaffolders (Metal Scaffolding) 115 Other Steel Erectors and Riggers and Cable Splicers 358 Painters and Decorators 678 Bricklayers and Stone Setters 594 Plasterers 278 Terrazzo workers and Tile Setters 31 Roofers 115 Glaziers 23 General Builders 26 Pipe Layers and Jointers 61 Concreters 16 Earth Movers and Civil Engineering Equipment Operators 291 Crane Hoist and other Materials Handling Equipment Operators 168 Total for above occupations 4,286