§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are now employed in the building industry in the Greater London area; and how these figures compare with other parts of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. AlisonThe following is the provisional information at September 1981, the latest date for which regional figures are available.
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Numbers of employees in employment in the construction industry at September 1981 Numbers Greater London 157,000 South-East (includes Greater London) 320,000 East Anglia 37,000 South-West 77,000 West Midlands 93,000 East Midlands 65,000 Yorkshire and Humberside 99,000 North-West 121,000 North 79,000 Wales 58,000 Scotland 142,000 Northern Ireland 26,500* * June 1981—latest available.
§ Mr. O'Halloranasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many apprentices in the building industry have been made redundant since May 1979.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe number of apprentice redundancies in the building sector notified to the Construction Industry Training Board in the period 25 May 1979 to 1 January 1982 was 3119, made up as follows: building trades 1836; specialist building trades 19; electrical engineering sector 677; mechanical engineering sector 517; technicians 70.