§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many quarrymen were employed in(a) Wales and (b) Great Britain in (1) 1971, (2) 1981, and (3) 1991, respectively; and if he will list the quarries operative in Wales in (i) 1971, (ii) 1981 and (iii) 1991.
§ Mr. McLoughlinFrom the 1971 census of population, the number of males in the occupation classification
surface workers not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)—mines and quarrieswas 2,200 in Wales and 16,270 in Great Britain. From the 1981 census of population, the number of males under the occupation classificationMiners (not coal), quarrymen and well drillerswas 930 in Wales and 15,520 in Great Britain. Occupation data from the 1991 census of population should be available in the first half of 1993. The number of operational quarries in Wales in 1991 has been provisionally estimated by the Central Statistical Office to be 262. No equivalent figures are available for 1971 and 1981.