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Mr. Mulley
asked the Minister of Labour the number of men insured in the various building occupations in the City of Sheffield at the latest available date; and the number in those occupations now unemployed.
Mr. Isaacs
Statistics showing the total numbers of insured persons are not available for any date later than July, 1948. The following table shows the approximate numbers of insured males in the building industry classification in the area of the Sheffield, Attercliffe and Woodhouse Employment Exchanges at July, 1948, and the numbers registered as unemployed at those exchanges at 13th March, 1950:
| Occupation | Approximate number of insured male employees at July, 1948 | Number registered as unemployed at 13th March, 1950 |
| Carpenters and joiners | 1,620 | 6 |
| Bricklayers | 1,420 | 5 |
| Masons | 40 | — |
| Salters and tilers | 120 | 1 |
| Plasterers | 430 | — |
| Painters and decorators | 1,150 | 42 |
| Plumbers and glaziers | 600 | 2 |
| Concreters, scaffolders, etc. | 80 | — |
| Labourers | 3,040 | 80 |
| All other occupations | 1,830 | 15 |
| 10,620* | 151 | |
| * This total includes 290 men aged 65 and over. The occupations of these men are not known and they are therefore excluded from the analysis in the Table. | ||