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Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the numbers employed in the construction industry in each year since 1981.
Mr. Jackson
The information is shown in the table.
| Employees in construction in the United Kingdom | |
| September | Thousands (seasonally adjusted) |
| 1981 | 1,096 |
| 1982 | 1,062 |
| 1983 | 1,051 |
| 1984 | 1,045 |
| 1985 | 1,011 |
| 1986 | 987 |
| 1987 | 1,023 |
| 1988 | 1,044 |
| 1989 | 1,091 |
| 1990 | 1,077 |
| 1991 | 951 |