§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many building trade craftsmen are unemployed in Dundee; and if he will give a breakdown per craft.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people, last employed in the construction
195Windustry, who on 10 April 1980 were registered at the employment office in Dundee for work in each of the building trades listed:
Carpenters and joiners 74 Electricians 41 Cable jointers and linesmen 25 Heating and ventilation engineering fitters 2 Plumbers, pipe fitters and gas fitters 24 Metal scaffolders 13 Other steel erectors, riggers and cable splicers 9 Painters and decorators 25 Bricklayers, masons and stone setters 71 Plasterers 10 Terazzo workers and tile setters 3 Roofers. 23 Glaziers — General builders — Pipe layers and jointers 2 Site work concreters — Earth moving and civil engineering equipment operators 5 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 16