§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) unemployed people there are and (b) vacancies exist in the travel-to-work areas of (a) Shotton, (b) Wrexham, (c) Rhyl, (d) Barry, (e) Brecon and (f) Llanidloes, respectively: and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsIn the travel-to-work areas of Shotton, Wrexham, Rhyl and Brecon the figures are as follows:
Number of unemployed on 10 February 1983 Unfilled vacancies on 4 February 1983 (a) Employment offices (b) Careers offices Shotton 9,175 170 — Wrexham 8,634 250 3 Rhyl 4,144 91 11 Brecon 607 67 1 Barry* 3,871 56 2 * An employment office area of the Cardiff travel-to-work area. Llanidloes forms part of the Newtown travel-to-work area, and separate figures are not available. Note: Vacancy statistics are not a measure of the total number of vacancies in the economy. The figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled on the date of the count.