HC Deb 27 January 1981 vol 997 c368W
23. Mr. Leighton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers currently are unemployed in the building and construction industry.

Mr. Peter Morrison

At 13 November 1980, the latest date for which the quarterly industrial analysis is available, there were 294,538 people registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom who last worked in the construction industry.