§ Mr. Colemanasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest numbers of people unemployed in Wales and in Neath.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsOn 12 March 1987 the total numbers of unemployed claimants in Wales and Neath Borough were 166,000 and 3,677 respectively.
§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in full-time employment in Wales in 1987; and how this compares with the figures in 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe estimated numbers of employees in employment at December 1986 and December 1979 were 678,000 and 864,000 respectively.50W These figures include all male employees and full-time female employees, but they exclude the self-employed. The number of self-employed is estimated to have risen by 30,000 between September 1979 and September 1986.