§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the numbers of unemployed (a) skilled construction workers and (b) unskilled construction workers in Wales in 1979–80 and 1983–84 and at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsInformation is not available for the period after 1981. Figures for that and the preceding two years were as follows:
Unemployed workers whose last employment was in the construction industry Skilled Unskilled October 1979 1,392 697 October 1980 3,347 1,154 October 1981 5,289 2,116
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many jobs were created in 1983–84 under the part-time job release scheme in Wales; how much cash employers in Wales received in 1983–84 in Wales; and how many jobs were created in Wales in 1983–84 under the job-splitting scheme.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe part-time job release scheme was introduced in October 1983 and there was no take-up between that date and the end of the 1983–84 financial year. Fifty jobs were created in the same period under the job-splitting scheme.