§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown of the number of unemployed in the different trades in the building industry for Merseyside and Liverpool, respectively; and if he will give comparable figures for March 1979.
§ Mr. Alison[pursuant to his reply, 22 March 1982, c. 246]: The following table gives for March 1979 and October 1981, the last date for which information is available, the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices for employment in skilled construction occupations.
MarchOctober 1979 1981 Plumbers and pipe fitters 3,230 8,661 Scaffolders (metal scaffolding) 1,375 2,749 Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers 3,614 5,988 Painters and decorators 11,238 17,649 Bricklayers and stone setters 7,340 15,317 Plasterers 2,828 5,397 Terrazzo workers and tile setters 333 561 Roofers 1,595 3,570 Glaziers 274 667 General builders 1,333 2,443 Pipe layers and jointers 678 1,180 Concreters 290 520 Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators 2,299 3,563 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 1,490 3,167 Total 47,985 93,720