§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the number of women
184Windustry in the West Midlands region and 1,065,500 in England and Wales. These represented 87.5 per cent. and 86.9 per cent. respectively, of all construction employees, employed and unemployed, in these areas at that date. The corresponding percentages for June 1977 were 86.9 per cent. and 85.9 per cent. respectively.