§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each of the last four years, each company or organisation which has(a) shed jobs or (b) closed a unit in Pembrokeshire, together with the number of jobs involved in each case; and what action he has taken to counteract the effects of those specific job losses in each case.
§ Mr. David HuntThe number of confirmed redundancies for the last four years for the Haverfordwest, Fishguard and South Pembrokeshire travel-to-work areas are: 113 (1988), 106 (1989), 295 (1990) and 166 in 1991. The details of the individual companies cannot be provided for reasons of confidentiality.
Unemployment rates for the three travel-to-work areas were as follows in December 1985 and December 1991:
December 1985 Percentage December 1991 Percentage South Pembrokeshire 20.1 14.8 Haverfordwest 16.8 11.1 Fishguard 14.6 9.2 There is a wide range of measures available through my Department and the other agencies to assist those who are unemployed and to stimulate job creation.