HC Deb 27 July 1981 vol 9 c320W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked 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 Fletcher

The 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