§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details of the number of craftsmen in each of the respective building trades who are unemployed in Dundee at the latest date.
§ Mr. Alexander FletcherThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people, last employed in the construction industry, who on 9 July 1981 were registered at the employment office in Dundee for work in each of the building trades listed.
Number Carpenters and joiners 100 Electricians 68 Cable jointers and linesmen 1 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 12 Plumbers, pipe fitters and gas fitters 12 Metal scaffolders 6 Other steel erectors, riggers and cable splicers 12 Painters and decorators 64 Bricklayers, masons and stone setters 89 Plasterers 16 Terazzo workers and tile setters 10 Roofers 35 Glaziers 10 General builders — Pipe layers and jointers 4 Site work concretors — Earth moving and civil engineering equipment operators 9 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 11