HC Deb 09 March 1959 vol 601 cc87-8W
Mr. G. Roberts

asked the Minister of Labour the numbers registered as unemployed in the counties of Wales, including Monmouth, respectively, and the percentage of the insured population of each county which this represents.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The following table gives the information desired:

NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS ON THE REGISTERS OF EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN EACH COUNTY IN WALES AT 9TH FEBRUARY, 1959, TOGETHER WITH THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
County Total unemployed Percentage
Anglesey … 1,528 12.6
Brecknockshire … 442 5.5
Caernarvonshire … 3,321 9.4
Cardiganshire … 645 4.9
Carmarthenshire … 4,258 8.1
Denbighshire … 2,414 4.3
Flintshire … 2,065 4.4
Glamorganshire … 21,928 4.6
Merionethshire … 591 6.9
Monmouthshire … 6,237 3.9
Montgomeryshire … 410 3.6
Pembrokeshire … 1,202 5.6
Radnorshire … 167 4.1
Total, Wales … 45,208 4.7

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