HC Deb 10 February 1993 vol 218 c685W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the rate of unemployment among construction workers in each year since 1979; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. McLoughlin

Available information for Great Britain based on estimates from the labour force survey is given in the following table.

Spring each year ILO Unemployment rate for construction workers (Per cent)
1984 11.6
1985 11.8
1986 12.0
1987 11.0
1988 6.7
1989 7.9
1990 7.1
1991 12.6
1992 17.6

Source: labour force survey.

Note: ILO unemployment rates obtained from the labour force survey are defined following internationally standard guidelines. Comparable information on this basis is not available for years prior to 1984.

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