§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the increase in registered unemployment in Wales between 1979 and February 1984 on the following bases, totals, male and female separately (a) annually, including youth unemployment and excluding seasonal adjustments, (b) annually, excluding youth unemployment and including seasonal adjustments, (c) what have been the annual numbers of persons removed from the register by temporary employment measures and (d) what would the series in (a) and (b) be if recalculated on the old basis of unemployment counting.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe numbers of claimants unemployed are as follows:
Numbers 1979 16,272 1980 28,700 1981 63,978 1982 32,488 1983 55,987 1984 41,270 The figures in respect of the number of registrants unemployed are as follows: 383W
Males Change Females Change Total Change a. Unadjusted (including school leavers) February 1979 64,320 — 27,538 — 91,858 — February 1980 61,284 -3,036 30,791 +3,253 92,075 +217 February 1981 102,428 +41,144 43,940 + 13,149 146,368 +54,293 February 1982 124,356 +21,928 50,522 +6,582 174,878 +28,510 b. Seasonally adjusted (excluding school leavers) February 1979 60,000 — 25,200 — 85,200 — February 1980 56,400 -3,600 28,000 +2,800 84,400 -800 February 1981 95,700 +39,300 39,900 + 11,900 135,600 +51,200 February 1982 116,100 +20,400 45,500 +5,600 161,600 +26,000 February figures after 1982 are available on a claimant basis only.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish redundancy figures for Wales for the individual years 1979 through to 1983 on the following bases (a) using Manpower Services Commission data on notified redundancies and (b) using data collected under the provisions of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act showing redundancy payments actually made and claims for rebate received.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the number of notified redundancies in Wales in the years concerned were as follows:
Number 1979 11,663 1980 45,215 1981 36,432 1982 24,647 1983 16,041 and by the Department of Employment that the number of redundancy payments were:
Number 1979 11,541 1980 41,466 1981 37,913 1982 24,327 1983 21,522 Information about the number of claims received for rebate is not available regionally.