§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will list in the Official Report the 36 parliamentary constituencies in Wales in order, according to the number of self-employed persons in each as revealed by the 1971 census; and if she will give the figure for each of these constituencies.
§ Mr. Alec JonesAccording to a 10 per cent. sample from the 1971 census the estimated number and percentage of self-employed persons in each of the 36 parliamentary constituencies in Wales listed in order according to the number, were as follows. The figures exclude 290466W self-employed persons in Wales who gave an inadequate description of their industry and whose distribution between parliamentary constituencies has not been analysed.
Parliamentary Constituency Number of self-employed persons aged 15 and over Percentage of self-employed persons in the population in employment aged 15 and over Carmarthen 7,760 25.9 Pembroke 7,550 20.4 Denbigh 6,060 20.5 Cardigan 6,010 30.1 Brecon and Radnor 5,840 19.4 Monmouth 4,840 11.4 Montgomery 4,780 27.3 Flint, West 4,140 13.7 Caernarvon 3,900 20.7 Anglesey 3,650 16.7 Conway 3,400 13.7 Flint, East 3,290 8.4 Barry 3,110 7.9 Wrexham 2,960 7.2 Swansea, West 2,940 8.3 Pontypridd 2,900 7.2 Llanelli 2,830 8.3 Merioneth 2,810 21.7 Gower 2,790 9.3 Ogmore 2,440 6.5 Newport 2,350 5.0 Caerphilly 2,250 7.4 Cardiff, West 2,060 6.4 Aberavon 1,960 5.6 Rhondda 1,800 5.3 Swansea, East 1,720 5.0 Pontypool 1,700 5.5 Cardiff. South-East 1,700 4.7 Bedwellty 1,620 5.9 Cardiff, North 1,610 7.0 Cardiff, North-West 1,610 6.1 Neath 1,590 5.6 Abertillery 1,230 6.3 Aberdare 1,200 4.7 Merthyr Tydfil 1,040 4.8 Ebbw Vale 860 4.4