HC Deb 11 May 1981 vol 4 cc211-2W
Mr. Spriggs

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) male and (b) female workers are unemployed in each region of Wales at the latest date for which information is available.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The latest available information is as follows:

Numbers registered as unemployed—March 1981
County Males Females
South Glamorgan 15,425 4,867
Mid-Glamorgan 18,810 9,073
West Glamorgan 16,021 7,252
Gwent 18,089 7,617
Dyfed 9,419 4,647
Powys 2,079 823
Gwynedd 7,774 2,997
Clwyd 16,102 5,786
Wales 103,719 43,062

Mr. Spriggs

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) male and (b) female employees are employed on (i) full-time and (ii) part-time basis in Wales at the latest date for which information is available.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The information, which derives from the Department of Employment's annual census of employment for June 1978, is as follows:

Employees in Employment—Wales
Thousands
Males Females
Full-time 589.0 249.2
Part-time 25.5 152.0

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