§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many construction workers are unemployed in the Northern Region and in the Mid-Northumberland local employment area, respectively; and what were the corresponding figures 12 months previously.
§ Mr. GoldingAt May 1977, the latest date for which the quarterly industrial analysis is available, the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the North Region and in Mid-Northumberland who last worked in the construction industry were 19,491 and 791 respectively. The corresponding figures for May 1976 were 18,536 and 847 respectively.