HC Deb 20 May 1980 vol 985 cc194-5W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked 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 Fletcher

The following table gives the numbers of unemployed people, last employed in the construction

industry, 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

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