§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide a breakdown of the number out of work in Wales by standard industrial classification; if he will provide a similar breakdown for registered job vacancies; and if he will express the first set of figures as a ratio of the second set of figures.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe latest figures available relate to August 1980 and are set out below.
The vacancy figures relate only to those notified to employment offices and careers offices and understate the level of total demand in the economy. Duplication between the separate figures for employment offices and careers offices means that the two figures cannot be added together and used to provide the ratios requested.
the collection, presentation or publication of statistics which his Department has made since May 1979.
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§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsNo significant additions have been made to the collection, presentation or publication of statistics by the Welsh Office since May 1979.