HC Deb 14 November 1991 vol 198 cc639-40W
Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many companies in(a) Merthr Tydfil and Rhymney,(b) Mid-Glamorgan and(c) Wales employ more than 200 people; and what percentage these are of the total number of companies in each case.

Mr. David Hunt

Available information is given in the table. The analysis excludes agriculture and horticulture, activity heading 0100, of Standard Industrial Classification (revised) 1980.

Units employing 200 or more persons Percentage of all units
Merthyr and Rhymney travel-to-work1 40 1.8
Mid Glamorgan 128 1.5
Wales 647 1.1

Source Census of Employment, 1989.

1 Data for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney parliamentary constituency are not available.

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