§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many construction workers were unemployed at the latest convenient date in (a) Wolverhampton, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England and Wales as a whole; and what percentage of (i) those unemployed and (ii) the available work force this represents in each case.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe following table gives the numbers registered as unemployed at 14 August who last worked in the construction industry. This is the latest date for which an industrial analysis of the unemployed is available. These figures are expressed as percentages of all unemployed and of the estimated numbers of construction employees — employed and unemployed—in the areas specified.
Numbers/unemployed who last worked in the construction industry Percentage of all unemployed in the area Percentage of the numbers of employees (employed and unemployed) in construction in the area Wolverhampton travel-to-work area 1,085 6.7 11.8 West Midlands region 17,093 8.1 14.6 England and Wales 178,183 10.7 14.6