§ Dr. HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the number of skilled workers in Wales(a) in employment and (b) unemployed. [9890]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe spring 1996 labour force survey estimates of the skills of persons in Wales are shown in the following table:
Skills of persons of working age in Wales, Spring 19961 Thousands Skill type In employment ILO unemployed1 Professional/intermediate 380 15 Skilled (non manual) 242 16 Skilled (manual) 266 21 Partly skilled 187 24 Unskilled 66 10 1 Excludes persons in the armed forces and those who did not answer. 2 Skill type defined by last job. Information on the skills of the ILO unemployed who have never worked (estimated to be 14,000 people in Wales) are not available from the Labour Force Survey.