§ Mr.Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people have been employed in the construction industry in each of the years since 1974.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe following table gives the information for the United Kingdom for June each year from 1974 to 1983.
Employees in employment Construction industry (Division 5 of the 1980 SIC)
June Number(Thousand) 1974 1,271 1975 1,257 1976 1,251 1977 1,215 1978 1,209 1979 1,253 1980 1,252 1981 1,139 1982 1,053 1983 1,003