§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest figures for male unemployment, males in part-time employment and males in full-time employment in each of the Welsh counties; and what were the corresponding figures for each of the previous five years.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe latest figures for male unemployment are for April 1986. Comparable figures for years before 1984 are not available. Figures for 1984 and 1985, although not strictly comparable due to changes in compilation made earlier this year to remove overcounting, are provided in the following table.
County April 1984 April 1985 April 1986 Clwyd 16,132 16,539 16,766 Dyfed 12,427 13,552 14,138 Gwent 19,615 20,694 21,497 Gwynedd 9,335 10,249 10,711 Mid Glamorgan 24,722 25,729 26,692 Powys 2,907 3,229 3,089 South Glamorgan 18,619 19,511 19,358 West Glamorgan 17,941 18,550 18,009 Source: Department of Employment.
Figures for male full and part-time employment are available for counties from census of employment, the latest results for which relate to September 1981. These are given in the following table:
Employees in employment—September 1981 County Male full-time Male part-time Clwyd 62,151 3,793 Dyfed 57,552 3,594 Gwent 86,573 3,151 Gwynedd 36,139 2,491 Mid Glamorgan 93,036 3,003 Powys 15,311 1,551 South Glamorgan 86,391 4,022 West Glamorgan 79,259 3,626 Source: Department of Employment.