§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building trade craftsmen were unemployed, regionally and nationally, to the nearest convenient date.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices at 10 May for work in certain selected occupations in the construction industry.
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South East South West East Midlands West Midlands East Anglia Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland Great Britain Carpenters and joiners … … … 1,470 431 250 509 142 503 919 922 371 1,259 6,776 Electricians … … … 432 151 94 102 32 165 286 241 141 493 2,137 Linesmen and cable jointers … … … 6 — 5 9 4 5 3 4 5 25 66 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters … … … 154 27 25 20 4 19 51 63 27 59 449 Plumbers, pipe fitters and gas fitters … … … 743 137 154 182 55 241 457 512 240 463 3,184 Metal scaffolders … … … 238 88 48 83 33 130 191 249 75 183 1,318 Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers … … … 420 159 138 212 30 402 423 783 286 489 3,342 Painters and decorators … … … 3,604 616 401 789 242 578 1,152 750 510 794 9,436 Bricklayers and stone setters … … … 1,162 318 231 423 103 392 697 532 339 583 4,780 Plasterers … … … 552 158 116 149 45 221 415 279 260 204 2,399 Terrazzo workers and tile setters … … … 89 20 13 36 11 26 66 39 12 45 357 Roofers … … … 384 130 69 139 31 112 273 106 90 260 1,594 Glaziers … … … 91 13 16 31 6 21 49 18 11 64 320 General builders … … … 382 101 24 119 19 89 240 24 80 7 1,085 Pipe layers and jointers … … … 120 57 48 72 11 50 73 57 29 42 559 Site work concreters … … … 71 24 15 29 5 38 31 27 8 29 277 Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators … … … 227 145 104 130 56 165 187 216 228 237 1,695 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators … … … 271 68 65 141 32 133 205 166 111 330 1,522 Total of above … … … 10,416 2,643 1,816 2,575 861 3,290 5,718 4,988 2,823 5,566 41,296