§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the occupation groups that have been affected by the redundancies announced for Wales since June, 1970, giving the jobs lost in each occupation group.
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Region 1968 1969 1970 1971 Five months ending 8th May, 1972 Northern … … … … 5,147 4,997 5,544 6,988 4,318 Yorkshire and Humberside … 4,264 4,047 4,644 7,030 4,618 Eastern and Southern … … 5,756 6,017 6,294 7,585 5,045 London and South Eastern … 14,316 12,216 13,387 16,079 10,921 South Western … … … 2,746 2,956 2,617 3,600 2,642 Wales … … … … 3,247 4,175 4,610 6,241 3,328 Midlands … … … … 5,867 5,193 5,737 7,320 5,801 North Western … … … 7,890 8,120 8,804 12,512 8,387 Scotland … … … … 6,514 7,559 7,521 9,564 8,495 Total … … … 55,747 55,280 59,158 76,919 53,555
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkI regret that this information is not available in the form requested. However, redundancies notified to my Department in Wales, during the period 1st June, 1970, to 30th June, 1972, involved the following numbers of jobs lost in each of the main industrial groups:
Mining and Quarrying 780 Food, Drink and Tobacco 1,250 Coal and Petroleum Products 320 Chemicals and Allied Industries 1,830 Metal Manufacture 9,360 Mechanical Engineering 3,890 Instrument Engineering 650 Electrical Engineering 2,720 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 290 Vehicles 1,570 Other Metal Goods 1,960 Textiles 2,030 Clothing and Footwear 840 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 1,070 Timber, Furniture, etc. 710 Paper, Printing and Publishing 790 Other Manufacturing Industries 1,440 Construction 540 Gas, Electricity and Water 590 Transport and Communication 500 Distributive Trades 1,000 Miscellaneous Services 290 Public Administration and Defence 340 Other Industries and Services 40 Total 34,800