asked the Minister of Works what are the numbers of building trade operatives employed in the London region on war damage repair to houses, erection of temporary houses, construction of houses and preparation of sites for permanent houses, repair and maintenance of houses and conversions and adaptations of houses, respectively; what

HOUSING.
War damage repairs to houses	…	64,000
Erection of temporary houses	…	1,195
Site preparation and erection of permanent houses	…	37,549
Repair and maintenance	…	20,644
Conversions and adaptations providing additional accommodation	…	14,970
		138,358

NON-HOUSING.
——		New Work.	War Damage Repairs.	Repairs and Maintenance.	Totals.
Factories	…	4,210	3,707	2,313	10,230
Commercial premises	…	989	5,882	1,656	8,527
Public utilities	…	7,527	532	3,407	11,466
Other	…	—	43,419	—	43,419
					73,642
GRAND TOTAL					212,000

The statistics of operatives employed on the above types of work do not distinguish between building and civil engineering operatives.The total number of insured males aged 16–64 at July, 1947, in the building and civil engineering industries in the London region was 242,000. The number of insured males in the administrative County of London was, at the same date, 125,000. The scope of these figures is different from that of the operatives shown above since the figures for insured workers include non-manual employees within the scope of the Unemployment Insurance Scheme and unemployed workers, but exclude persons over insurable age.

Following is the information:It is estimated that in September, 1947, building and civil engineering operatives were employed as follows in the London Region. (The figures are provisional and may be altered when the examination of returns has been completed.)