§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will analyse the 30,000 jobs saved in Wales by the Government's counter-unemployment measures, indicating under which scheme these jobs have been saved, the cost of saving them, and for what length of time assistance is available under each scheme.
§ Mr. GoldingThe number of workers in Wales who have benefited under the Government's special measures to alleviate the worst effects of unemployment now totals over 36,000. This is made up as follows:
§ Mr. GoldingAn industrial breakdown by region for the whole of Great Britain as at the 31st March 1977 is set out below. More up to date figures will be available after the end of June.
A separate scheme operates in Northern Ireland and is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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NUMBER OF WORKERS IN APPROVED APPLICATIONS BY INDUSTRY AND BY REGION—18TH AUGUST 1975–31ST MARCH1977 Northern Region Yorkshire and Humberside South East South West Wales Midlands Region North Western Scotland Totals 1. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing … 70 60 133 40 396 145 26 622 1,492 2. Mining and Quarrying … 223 50 — 1,195 159 64 160 10 1,861 3. Food, Drink and Tobacco … 113 1,161 690 785 378 165 717 1,544 5,553 4. Coal and Petroleum Products … — — — — — 230 — — 230 5. Chemicals and Allied Industries … 38 986 450 — 361 70 763 13 2,681 6. Metal Manufacture … 35 80 120 216 453 1,075 801 415 3,195 7. Mechanical Engineering … 886 912 2,087 886 549 1,488 1,849 1,490 10,147 8. Instrument Engineering … — 50 255 621 42 123 180 416 1,687 9. Electrical Engineering … 664 2,127 2,288 347 1,773 2,926 2,187 1,524 13,836 10. Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … 40 369 1,405 176 10 — 828 1,236 4,064 11. Vehicles … 40 230 101 21 316 3,263 597 548 5,116 12. Metal Goods not elsewhere specified … 270 423 1,041 111 883 2,872 3,087 723 9,410 13. Textiles … 2,967 5,307 204 1,503 2,787 14,167 19,803 6,126 52,864 14. Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … 243 759 883 20 91 154 688 635 3,473 15. Clothing and Footwear … 6,660 7,741 6,173 1,176 4,673 10,555 17,503 9,557 64,038 16. Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … 92 80 20 334 450 2,515 890 523 4,904 17. Timber, Furniture, etc. … 839 780 1,493 594 531 1,141 1,352 434 7,164 18. Paper, Printing and Publishing … 92 394 6,797 1,505 359 757 1,796 759 12,459 19. Other Manufacturing Industries … 320 213 151 307 1,387 447 1,505 507 4,837 20. Construction … 400 742 1,507 1,161 139 1,066 907 1,091 7,013 21. Gas, Electricity and Water … — — — — — 20 — — 20 22. Transport and Communication … 20 131 301 60 56 295 466 114 1,443 23. Distributive Trades … 84 493 1,027 534 177 1,028 1,742 747 5,832 24. Insurance. Banking, Finance and Business Services … — 30 10 22 — 90 97 29 278 25. Professional and Scientific Services … — — 124 43 — 20 27 48 262 26. Miscellaneous Services … 80 237 2,403 681 411 559 776 241 5,388 27. Public Administration and Defence … — — — — — — — — — TOTALS … 14,176 23,355 29,663 12,338 16,381 45,235 58,747 29,352 229,247