§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list the stoppages due to industrial disputes and the working days lost, including and excluding mining, for the first four months of this year; and if she will give comparable figures for 1969. 1968 and 1967, respectively, and the percentage changes year by year.
§ Mr. Harold Walker:I regret that the information is not readily available and I will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Emeryasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will state the number of stoppages and working days lost due to industrial disputes in the first four months of this year, including and excluding coalmining, together with the comparable figures for the previous 10 years and the percentage increase of this year's 595W figures over the average for the previous 10 years.
TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED Annual Averages Llandudno Conway Penmaenmawr Bangor Bethesda 1960 … … … 209 85 76 245 132 1961 … … … 205 97 60 215 121 1962 … … … 221 112 62 225 114 1963 … … … 238 152 99 239 187 1964 … … … 187 116 57 188 88 1965 … … … 148 93 60 202 117 1966 … … … 184 114 67 185 105 1967 … … … 309 205 110 267 149 1968 … … … 268 150 84 299 106 1969 … … … 282 158 82 358 75 June, 1960 … … 93 55 47 172 97 June, 1961 … … 99 55 35 160 103 June, 1962 … … 111 65 42 195 84 June, 1963 … … 112 81 43 202 116 June, 1964 … … 77 62 40 168 86 June, 1965 … … 56 45 39 175 101 June, 1966 … … 81 54 32 128 86 June, 1967 … … 201 125 81 257 152 June, 1968 … … 171 103 69 260 102 June, 1969 … … 172 117 75 331 65
UNEMPLOYED PERCENTAGE RATES (1) (2) Llandudno travel-to-work area Caernarvon travel-to-work area Annual average June Annual average June 1960 … 3.2 1.7 7.1 5.2 1961 … 3.2 1.6 6.0 4.8 1962 … 3.6 1.9 5.8 5.1 1963 … 4.4 2.2 6.6 4.8 1964 … 3.1 1.7 4.1 3.6 1965 … 2.3 1.3 4.8 3.8 1966 … 3.2 1.3 4.3 3.3 1967 … 5.7 3.2 6.4 5.6 1968 … 4.7 3.0 6.2 4.9 1969 … 4.9 3.3 6.5 5.5