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Mr. Parry
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a breakdown of the number of unemployed in the different trades in the building industry for Merseyside and Liverpool, respectively; and if he will give comparable figures for March 1979.
Mr. Alison
[pursuant to his reply, 22 March 1982, c. 246]: The following table gives for March 1979 and October 1981, the last date for which information is available, the numbers of unemployed people registered at employment offices for employment in skilled construction occupations.
| MarchOctober | ||
| 1979 | 1981 | |
| Plumbers and pipe fitters | 3,230 | 8,661 |
| Scaffolders (metal scaffolding) | 1,375 | 2,749 |
| Other steel erectors and riggers and cable splicers | 3,614 | 5,988 |
| Painters and decorators | 11,238 | 17,649 |
| Bricklayers and stone setters | 7,340 | 15,317 |
| Plasterers | 2,828 | 5,397 |
| Terrazzo workers and tile setters | 333 | 561 |
| Roofers | 1,595 | 3,570 |
| Glaziers | 274 | 667 |
| General builders | 1,333 | 2,443 |
| Pipe layers and jointers | 678 | 1,180 |
| Concreters | 290 | 520 |
| Earth movers and civil engineering equipment operators | 2,299 | 3,563 |
| Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators | 1,490 | 3,167 |
| Total | 47,985 | 93,720 |