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Mr. Frank Allaun
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many building workers unemployed are bricklayers, plasterers, joiners, constructional engineers, electricians, painters and labourers; and how many constructional workers are unemployed in each region.
Mr. John Fraser
The following tables show the information available:—
| Unemployed Males Registered at Employment Offices who last worked in Construction: June 1975 Analysis by Occupation: Great Britain | |
| Bricklayers | 5,206 |
| Plasterers | 2,327 |
| Carpenters and Joiners | 6,817 |
| Electricians | 2,855 |
| Painters and Decorators | 8,298 |
| Other craft and similar occupations | 17,317 |
| All other occupations, including labourers | 102,741 |
| Total, all occupations | 145,561 |
| Analysis by Region: All occupations | |
| South East | 28,537 |
| East Anglia | 3,428 |
| South West | 12,028 |
| West Midlands | 10,530 |
| East Midlands | 7,533 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 12,392 |
| North West | 24,864 |
| North | 15,356 |
| Wales | 12,448 |
| Scotland | 18,445 |
| Great Britain | 145,561 |