§ Sir W. Jenkinsasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the number of industries closed down in Glamorgan in 1937 and 1938, the number of persons affected, and the number of new industries that have opened in the county for the same period, stating what kind of industries, the number of persons employed, and where situated?
§ Captain WallaceAccording to the returns received in connection with the annual Surveys of Industrial Development, which take account only of factories in which 25 or more workpeople are or have been employed, 11 new factories, employing about 800 people, were opened in Glamorgan during 1937. One factory (engaged in the manufacture of briquettes) was closed, but I regret that in accordance with the usual practice it is not possible to specify the number of persons employed in a particular establishment. Particulars of the new factories are as follows:
Nature of Industry and Location.
Aircraft parts.—Cardiff.
Upholstered furniture.—Cardiff.
Wire goods.—Cardiff.
Tin containers.—Neath.
Tinplate (2).—Pontardulais.
Tinplate.—Pontypridd.
Scrap metal (cutting and sorting).—
Port Talbot.
Munition boxes.—Swansea.
Fancy goods.—Treforest.
Toys and fancy goods.—Treforest.
No returns have yet been received in respect of the year 1938.