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Mr. Bowden
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many skilled building trade workers were unemployed in the Brighton area, the East Sussex County Council area, and the West Sussex County Council area, respectively, in January, 1972; and what the figures were for January, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964 and 1963.
Mr. Dudley Smith
The following table shows information from January, 1966, the earliest date for which figures are available:
| NUMBERS OF WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED MEN WHO LAST WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND WHO WERE REGISTERED FOR SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS* | ||||
| Brighton and Hove Employment Exchange area | East Sussex (including Brighton and Hove) | West Sussex | ||
| January, 1972 | … | 162 | 304 | 99 |
| January, 1971 | … | 163 | 437 | 130 |
| January, 1970 | … | 324 | 579 | 253 |
| January, 1969 | … | 210 | 416 | 151 |
| January, 1968 | … | 250 | 462 | 103 |
| January, 1967 | … | 263 | 562 | 200 |
| January, 1966 | … | 100 | 188 | 68 |
| * The figures relate to the following occupations: carpenter, joiner, shutterer; bricklayer; mason, stone carver; slater, tiler, thatcher etc.; plasterer; floor and wall tiler, etc.; painter, decorator, sign-writer; plumber, gas fitter etc.; glazier, pavior; road etc. surface layer; steel erector, sheeter; electrician, cable jointer, linesman; mechanical handling plant, etc. operator; erector, millwright, maintenance fitter. | ||||