§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list trade by trade the number of building workers unemployed at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices in Great Britain at 8 May for work in certain selected occupations in the construction industry.
Carpenters and joiners 6,874 Electricians 2,572 Linesmen and cable jointers 87 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 715 Plumbers, pipe fitters and gas fitters 4,380 Metal scaffolders 1,548 Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers 3,867 Painters and decorators 10,378 Bricklayers and stone setters 6,332 Plasterers 2,250 Terrazzo workers and tile setters 311 Roofers 1,774 Glaziers 366 General builders 1,011 Pipe layers and jointers 602 Site work concreters 256 Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators 1,851 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 1,948 Total of above 47,122