HC Deb 10 March 1969 vol 779 cc215-6W
81. Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the latest figure for unemployment among men between the ages of 40 and 50 and 50 and 65 in Wales; and what percentage these two groups represent of the total unemployed among men in Wales.

Mr. Fernyhough

Of a total of 34,101 males registered as wholly unemployed in Wales at 13th January, 1969, the latest date for which a detailed age analysis is available, 17,071 or 50.1 per cent., were aged 40 to 64. Of these 5,736 were aged 40 to 49 and 11,335 were aged 50 to 64.