§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown in the number of unemployed in the different trades in the building trade in Northern Ireland at the latest date together with comparable figures for March 1979.
§ Mr. Adam Butler[pursuant to his reply, 22 March 1982, c. 278]: The following table shows the number of unemployed in the different trades in the building trade at the latest date for which information is available, 11 February 1982, and also lists the comparable figures for March 1979.
February 1982 March 1979 Carpenters 1,920 1,154 Electricians 494 261 Plumbers 409 150 Plasterers 833 476 Bricklayers 1,616 994 Painters 1,250 759 Pipe Fitters 126 61 Linesmen and Cable Jointers 19 20 Heating and Ventilating 64 23 Engineering Fitters Scaffolders 120 81 Steel Erectors 104 58 Terrazzo Working and Tile Setting 109 65 Roofers 244 134 Glaziers 58 21 Pipe layers and Jointers 6 4 Concreters 18 13 Earth Moving and Civil Engineering Equipment Operators 908 601 Crane, Hoist and other material handling equipment operators 201 154 General Builders 164 73