HC Deb 21 January 1981 vol 997 cc180-1W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number unemployed by order of the standard industrial classification and the number of vacancies in each of the employment offices in Wales at the latest available date.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Information is not readily available in the form requested and could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number unemployed by order of the standard industrial classification and the number of vacancies in Wales at the latest available date.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The latest figures available relate to November 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.

of the steel industry in Wales to meetings between Ministers and Mr. MacGregor or the board of the British Steel Corporation on or after 17 December 1980.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

I took part in discussions on the British Steel Corporation corporate plan at a meeting between the chairman of the British Steel Corporation and Ministers on 17 December 1980.

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