§ Mr. Robert Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest available estimate of the number of (a) skilled construction workers and (b) workers whose last job was in the building industry who are unemployed (i) in Wolverhampton and (ii) in the West Midlands.
§ Mr. AlisonI would refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, North-East (Mr. Short) on 10 March 1982—[Vol. 19, c.433.]
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give his latest estimate for (a) skilled construction workers and (b) workers whose last job was in the building industry who are unemployed (i) in the city of Hull and (ii) in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, indicating their particular skill, craft and mode of employment.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 10 March 1982, c. 433.]: In August 1981, when the last industrial analysis was made, there were 2,901 registered unemployed people in the Hull employment office area and 33,001 in the Yorkshire and Humberside region who last worked in the construction industry. There will be a further industrial analysis of the unemployed in May 1982.
The following table gives for October 1981 the numbers of unemployed people registered for employment in skilled construction occupations.
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October 1981 Hull employment office Yorkshire and Humberside Carpenters and joiners 128 1,548 Electricians 50 636 Linesmen and cable jointers — 20 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 4 111 Plumbers and pipe fitters 37 994 Scaffolders (metal scaffolding) 16 358 Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers 88 989 Painters and decorators 106 1,260 Bricklayers and stone setters 105 1,655 Plasterers 15 437 Terrazzo workers and tile setters 3 67 Roofers 25 342
October 1981 Hull employment office Yorkshire and Humberside Glaziers 1 50 General Builders 6 200 Pipe layers and jointers 6 139 Concreters 8 77 Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators 25 433 Crane hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 36 435 TOTAL 659 9,751