HC Deb 12 June 1991 vol 192 cc574-5W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish figures showing(a) the number of young people moving from Wales to England, (b) the number of young people moving from England to Wales and (c) the net outflow for the year between September 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

Data from the national health service central register, which relates to movements of persons on national health service doctors' lists, give an indication of the number of young people moving between Wales and England. This information is given in the following table:

National health service central register moves of young people from Wales to England and England to Wales for year ended September 1990
Age From Wales to England (a) From England to Wales (b) Net outflow from Wales (c)
0–15 6,500 7,800 -1,300
16–24 14,600 13,300 +1,300

Numbers of farmers and workers employed in agriculture—June 1980
Whole-time Part-time All workers (excluding salaried managers)
County Principal farmers Other partners Total Principal farmers Other partners Total Total farmers and directors Male Female Total Salaried managers
Clwyd 2,664 631 3,295 630 317 947 4,245 2,768 707 3,475 86
Dyfed 7,657 1,664 9,321 1,677 810 2,487 11,808 5,769 1,890 7,659 66
Gwent 1,429 282 1,711 390 220 610 2,321 1,310 407 1,717 28
Gwynedd 3,046 621 3,667 845 369 1,214 4,881 2,189 382 2,571 61
Mid Glamorgan 604 121 725 175 93 268 993 719 121 840 4
Powys 4,014 1,016 5,030 654 407 1,061 6,091 2,841 472 3,313 29
South Glamorgan 369 98 467 67 46 113 580 506 138 644 17
West Glamorgan 519 137 656 186 68 254 910 512 113 625 9
Wales 20,302 4,570 24,872 4,624 2,330 6,954 31,826 16,614 4,230 20,844 300

Note: Figures exclude minor holdings not included in the June census.

Source: June Agricultural Census 1980.

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