HC Deb 14 July 1937 vol 326 cc1264-5W
Mr. Mainwaring

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the amount of the reduction in unemployment figures, permanent and temporary, from 1st July, 1936, to 1st July, 1937, at each of the exchanges within the districts scheduled as Special Areas in the County of Glamorgan?

Mr. E. Brown

The following table shows, for each Employment Exchange in the Special Areas in Glamorganshire, the decrease in the numbers of unem- ployed persons on the registers at 21st June, 1937, the latest date for which

Employment Exchange. Decrease in numbers wholly unemployed. Decrease in numbers temporarily stopped. Total decrease.
Aberdare 1,626 449 2,075
Aberkenfig 141 39 180
Bargoed 1,076 3,283 4,359
Bridgend 322 35 357
Caerphilly 666 257 923
Cymmer 244 546 790
Dowlais 420 44 464
Ferndale 1,265 703 1,968
Llantwit Major 56 1 57
Maesteg 759 1,613 2,372
Merthyr Tydfil (including Juvenile Employment Bureau). 999 320 1,319
Mountain Ash 883 3,064 3,947
Ogmore Vale 246 750 996
Pontlottyn 445 648 1,093
Pontyclun 345 26 371
Pontycymmer 169 992 1,161
Pontypridd 1,265 67 1,332
Porth 989 171 1,160
Port Talbot 147 1,180 1,327
Resolven 144 86 230
Taffs Well 167 35 202
Tonypandy 1,571 106 1,677
Tonyrefail 341 6 347
Treharris 159 194 353
Treorchy 1,276 2,946 4,222

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