HC Deb 13 November 1980 vol 992 c285W
Mr. Gwilym Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building workers are currently unemployed in (a) Staffordshire, (b) the United Kingdom and (c) the Cannock and Rugeley employment office areas.

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table gives for 14 August 1980, the latest date for which an industrial analysis of the unemployed is available, the numbers of people registered as unemployed in the areas specified who last worked in the construction industry.

Staffordshire 2,864
United Kingdom 226,480
Cannock employment office area 399
Rugeley employment office area 106