§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many redundancies were reported to his Department in each of the years since 1979 in the constituency of Alyn and Deeside;
County 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 South Glamorgan n/a n/a 3,699 3,104 1,988 1,557 1,664 742 Mid Glamorgan n/a n/a 7,289 5,111 5,063 2,576 3,691 1,584 West Glamorgan n/a n/a 8,225 4,401 2,488 2,255 2,093 2,587 Gwent n/a n/a 5,345 5,066 2,943 2,135 3,002 2,208 Dyfed n/a n/a 6,168 3,756 930 1,063 1,148 1,385 Powys n/a n/a 634 181 91 nil 692 54 Gwynedd n/a n/a 982 976 750 719 213 468 Clwyd n/a n/a 4,090 2,052 1,788 1,136 2,524 874 Wales 11,663 45,215 36,432 24,647 16,041 11,441 15,027 9,902
TTWA 1979 Aberdare 155 Bargoed 349 Blaenau Ffestiniog 64 Caernarvon 327 Cardiff 1,609 Denbigh 20 Ebbw Vale 1,241 Holyhead 94 Llandudno 120 Llanelli 925 Llanrwst 11 Machynlleth 24 Merthyr Tydfil 660 Milford Haven 866 Monmouth 48 Neath 1,166 Newport 1,271 Newtown 58 Pembroke Dock 179 Pontypool 193 Pontypridd 1,331 Port Talbot 778 Pwllheli 325 Rhyl 67 Shotton 167 Swansea 1,061 Wrexham 469
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TTWA 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Aberdare 1,556 553 744 717 834 Aberystwyth 47 48 16 nil 38 Bargoed 879 926 687 1,098 200 Barmouth nil 44 nil nil nil Blaneau Ffestiniog nil nil 6 12 nil Brecon nil nil nil 20 nil Caernarvon 2,163 363 520 607 616 Cardiff 3,160 4,350 3.366 2,146 1,760 Cardigan 27 nil nil nil nil Carmarthen 95 58 98 279 78 Colwyn Bay 183 263 152 162 204 Denbigh nil nil nil 51 nil Ebbw Vale 1,007 1,385 1.648 322 258 Fishguard 17 nil nil nil nil Holyhead 362 483 408 105 11 Lampeter 39 4 nil nil nil Llandeilo 28 nil nil nil nil Llandrindod Wells nil 13 nil 50 nil Llanelli 3,063 2,654 1,249 261 619 (2) if he will list the number of redundancies in (a) Wales, (b) each of the counties of Wales and (c) each of the travel-to-work areas of Wales notified to his Department in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsNotified redundancies are not available on a constituency basis. I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the numbers of notified redundancies for Wales. Welsh counties, and Welsh travel-to-work areas since 1979 are as follows:
TTWA 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Llangollen 28 88 31 22 nil Llanrwst nil nil 30 nil nil Machynlleth nil nil nil nil nil Merthyr Tydfil 1,111 1,733 1,132 493 278 Milford Haven 678 1,741 244 346 98 Monmouth 79 95 385 28 52 Neath 775 1,936 602 583 451 Newport 5,831 2,394 1,735 2,156 1,236 Newtown 154 517 181 21 nil Pembroke Dock 622 1,663 2,149 44 230 Pontypool 2,572 1,292 1,142 401 576 Pontypridd 3,074 2,422 1,324 1,471 871 Port Talbot 6,937 3,622 3,079 1,980 408 Pwllheli 53 nil nil nil 22 Rhyl 322 161 136 97 41 Shotton 7,629 2,498 812 823 661 Swansea 3,042 3,870 1,850 1,087 1,599 Tenby 30 nil nil nil nil Tywyn nil nil nil nil nil Welshpool 72 104 nil nil nil Wrexham 2,171 1,172 921 659 300
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TTWA 1985 1986 Aberdare 869 261 Aberystwyth 12 24 Bangor and Caernarfon 125 102 Brecon nil 54 Bridgend 981 536 Cardiff 1,743 742 Cardigan nil nil Carmarthen 16 499 Conwy and Colwyn 161 87 Denbigh nil nil Dolgellau and Barmouth 24 13 Ebbw Vale and Abergavenny 536 332 Fishguard nil nil Haverfordwest 58 71 Holyhead 23 292 Lampeter and Aberaeron nil nil Llandeilo nil 43 Llandrindod Wells 33 nil Llanelli 749 517 Machynlleth nil nil Merthyr and Rhymney 1,185 953 Monmouth nil nil Neath and Port Talbot 1,045 1,275 Newport 1,424 836 Newtown 659 nil
TTWA 1985 1986 Pontypool and Cwmbran 550 573 Pontypridd and Rhondda 1,069 301 Porthmadog and Ffestiniog nil nil Pwllheli nil 24 Shotton, Flint and Rhyl 1,637 317 South Pembrokeshire 313 231 Swansea 1,048 1,312 Welshpool nil nil Wrexham 767 507 Notes:
(1) Since January 1981 statistics of notified redundancies have been recorded by the month in which the redundancies are scheduled to occur and not by the month of notification as in previous years. For this reason it is not possible to make valid comparisons of statistics from 1981 onwards with those of previous years, nor should figures for 1981 and earlier years be added together as there is some element of duplication involved.
(2) Because of the different methods of calculating redundancies prior to 1981, the TTWA figures for 1979 and 1980 will not match the published figures for the Wales Region.
(3) Insufficient information is available for the period prior to 1981 to enable county notifications to be given.
(4) The figures should not he regarded as comprehensive. The Employment Protection Act 1975 requires that the Secretary of State for Employment be notified when an employer intends to make 10 or more workers redundant within a period of 30 days or less; or intends to make 100 or more employees redundant over a period of 90 days or less. Redundancies on a small scale are therefore omitted.
(5) Since January 1981 redundancies of seasonal workers have not been included in the statistics.