HC Deb 09 March 1954 vol 524 cc131-3W
72. Mr. Mainwaring

asked the Minister of Labour the total number of wage earners, regular and casual, respectively, engaged in agriculture in each of the 13 Welsh counties during the past five years.

Mr. Watkinson

Statistics of employees engaged in agriculture are not readily available by separate counties nor is it possible to identify regular and casual wage earners. The following are the were employed in each quarter in 1953 in new houses, industrial building, agricultural building, school building, repair work and all other forms of building work, respectively.

Sir D. Eccles

Following is the information:

estimated numbers of insured employees engaged in agriculture in Wales and Monmouthshire at the end of May in each of the years 1948 to 1953.

Males Females Total
1948 27,290 5,390 32,680
1949 27,390 4,690 32,080
1950 25,790 3,790 29,580
1951 23,770 3,200 26,970
1952 23,440 2,640 26,080
1953 22,400 3,000 25,400

73. Mr. Mainwaring

asked the Minister of Labour how the figures of unemployment among regular and casual agricultural workers in each of the 13 Welsh counties compare with the incidence of similar conditions in each of the previous five years.

Mr. Watkinson

Statistics are not readily available by separate counties nor is it possible to identify regular and casual workers. The following table shows the numbers of workers, whose last employment was in agriculture, registered as unemployed in Wales and Monmouth-shire at one date in January and July in each of the years 1949 to 1953 and in January, 1954.

Date Males Females Total
1949—
10th January 1,036 229 1,265
11th July 786 121 907
1950—
16th January 943 193 1,136
10th July 717 80 797
1951—
15th January 956 134 1,090
16th July 469 43 512
1952—
14th January 656 94 750
14th July 396 82 478
1953—
12th January 659 89 748
13th July 395 59 454
1954—
11th January 682 65 747