HC Deb 14 December 1948 vol 459 c130W
Mr. G. Thomas

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as disabled persons in the Cardiff area at the latest convenient date; the number unemployed and the comparative numbers in December, 1946, and December, 1947, respectively.

Mr. Isaacs

The number of registered disabled persons in the Cardiff area at the 15th November, 1948, was 5,851, of whom 546 were unemployed. The figures for December, 1946 and 1947, are not available; the nearest dates are January, 1947, when there were 4,653 on the register, of whom 524 were unemployed and January, 1948, when the figures were 5,545 and 565 respectively.