asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the number of persons in each occupation in the building trade group on the registers of the employment exchanges and branch employment offices on the first Monday in January, April, July and October in each of the years 1936, 1937 and 1938, or at the nearest dates to those mentioned for which the information is available.
Written Answers. - Building Trade Statistics.
The following statement shows the number of persons in each occupation in the building trade group on the registers of the employment exchanges and branch employment offices on the first Monday of January, April, July and October, 1938. The corresponding particulars for the years 1936 and 1937 were furnished in a reply to Deputy Pattison on 3rd February, 1938.
Date |
Carpenters |
Bricklayers |
Masons |
Plasterers and Tilers |
Painters |
Plumbers and Glaziers |
Builders' Labourers |
Total in Building Trade |
1938 |
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3rd January |
916 |
77 |
354 |
246 |
960 |
184 |
3,979 |
6,716 |
4th April |
776 |
62 |
321 |
159 |
604 |
178 |
3,888 |
5,988 |
4th July |
586 |
225 |
112 |
386 |
173 |
3,418 |
4,947 |
|
2nd October |
647 |
26 |
245 |
72 |
484 |
154 |
3,476 |
5,104 |