HC Deb 17 March 1980 vol 981 cc93-4W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many social workers have been dismissed as part of the cuts in public expenditure in each county in Wales for each month since May 1979 up to the most recent month for which figures are available.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on dismissals, if any, of local authority staff is not available centrally.

County Numbers registered as Unemployed Difference
(Col i) (Col ii) (Col iii) (Col i and Col ii) (Col i and and iii)
February 1980 February 1979 February 1978 Between February 1979—February 1980 Between February 1978—February 1980
Clwyd 13,289 13,237 14,390 +52 -1,101
Dyfed 9,256 9,388 10,201 -132 -945
Gwent 15,872 16,000 15,102 -128 +770
Gwynedd 7,707 7,988 8,422 -281 -715
Powys 1,623 1,651 1,875 -28 -252
Mid-Glamorgan 16,940 16,655 15,832 +285 +1,108
South-Glamorgan 13,737 14,169 13,427 -432 +310
West Glamorgan 13,651 12,770 11,545 +881 +2,106

lected at the end of September each year and estimated figures at any other date would be unreliable. The available information is as follows: