§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many private firms in the construction industry have gone into liquidation as a result of which direct labour organisations have had to finish their work in each of the past four years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergI regret the information is not available.
§ Mr. Welshasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many apprentices in the building industry have trained and were under training by direct labour organisations and private firms, respectively; and what has been the ratio of skilled labour to apprentices in each case, in each of the past four years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergFollowing is the available information:
October 1976 private contractors have not been required to distinguish skilled from unskilled operatives. The number 307W of private contractors' operative trainees at October 1978 is a provisional estimate.