§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons in the construction industry were registered as unemployed at the latest available date in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne, (b) Tyne and Wear county and (c) the Northern region; and if he will break these figures down into trades semi-skilled and unskilled.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table gives for 12 February, the latest date for which an industrial analysis 37W is available, the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices and careers offices in the areas specified who last worked in the construction industry.
There is no comprehensive analysis of these figures by degree of skill. However, a limited occupational analysis of unemployed construction workers registered at employment offices provides the following information for 12 February.
Numbers Registered Newcastle upon Tyne 3,683 Tyne and Wear metropolitan county 13,442 North region 35,101