§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish 447W a table indicating the number and location of Remploy factories in Wales, the numbers employed in these factories, and the minimum and average wages paid in them.
§ Mr. Dudley Smith:Following is the information:
REMPLOY FACTORIES IN WALES Numbers Employed Average Earnings at April, 1972 Location of Factory Men Women Men Women £ £ Abertillery 57 15 15.24 12.12 Blackwood 48 7 16.88 12.80 Bridgend 118 11 20.51 20.44 Brynamman 58 — 21.36 — Merthyr (Engineering) 73 — 19.09 — Merthyr (Leather and Textile serving) 31 2 17.28 14.87 Neath 66 — 19.37 — Pentre 56 — 21.00 — Porth 80 18 19.57 15.33 Swansea 104 — 19.55 — Tonyrefail 62 — 18.36 — Treforest 142 4 22.97 19.46 Wrexham 76 — 17.40 — Ystradgynlais 47 32 18.51 13.06 NOTE:
Remploy's basic weekly rates for severely disabled workers are £14.52 (men) and £11.44 (women) in relation to a 40-hour week. There are minimum earnings levels of £15 and £11.92 respectively after six months.