§ Mr. Litherlandasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage unemployment rate in the construction industry in Manchester; and how many craftsmen in each of the respective trades are unemployed.
§ Mr. Michael AlisonAt August 1981, the latest date for which an industrial analysis is available, the rate of 277W unemployment in the construction industry in the Manchester travel-to-work area was 29.4 per cent. A further industrial analysis of the unemployed was made on 13 May 1982 and the results will be available in early June.
The following table gives for October 1981, the last date for which an analysis was made, the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices in the Manchester travel-to-work area for employment in skilled construction occupations.
Carpenters and Joiners 601 Electricians 285 Linesmen and cable jointers 4 Heating and ventilating engineering fitters 40 Plumbers and pipe fitters 421 Scaffolders (metal scaffolding) 125 Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers 144 Painters and decorators 674 Bricklayers and stone setters 536 Plasterers 229 Terrazzo workers and tile setters 24 Roofers 139 Glaziers 36 General builders 49 Pipe layers and jointers 76 Concreters 18 Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators 110 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 116 Total 3,627