§ 3. Mr. JAMES GRIFFITHSasked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed and the number who have been totally unemployed for more than two years in the following exchanges: Llanelly, Burry Port, Amman-ford, and Garnant?
§ Mr. E. BROWNAs the reply includes a number of figures, I will, if I may, circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The total numbers of unemployed persons on the registers of the under-mentioned Employment Exchanges at 23rd March, 1936, were as shown below:
| Employment Exchange. | Number. |
| Llanelly | 3,683 |
| Burry Port | 823 |
| Ammanford | 909 |
| Garnant | 2,114 |
§ Statistics relating to the length of the last spell of unemployment are available only in respect of persons applying for insurance benefit or unemployment allowances. The numbers of such applicants on the registers of these Exchanges at 1063 23rd March, 1936, who had been continuously on the registers for a period of two years or more were as shown below:
| Employment Exchange. | Number. |
| Llanelly | 255 |
| Burry Port | 109 |
| Ammanford | 49 |
| Garnant | 127 |
§ Some of these persons may have had short spells of employment, each lasting not more than three days, during the period.