HC Deb 15 May 1992 vol 207 c220W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many unemployed people in Wales were last employed in the construction industry in Wales.

Mr. McLoughlin

It is estimated from the labour force survey that in the spring of 1991 there were 23,000 unemployed people—on the internationally agreed International Labour Organisation definition—in Wales whose previous employment, within the past three years, was reported to have been in the construction industry.