§ 118. Mr. G. Robertsasked the Minister of Labour the percentage of insured persons now registered as unemployed in the county of Caernarvon, giving specific figures for the employment exchanges at Caernarvon, Penygroes, Portmadoc and Pwllheli; and how these figures compare with the average for Wales and the United Kingdom, respectively.
§ Sir W. MoncktonAt 12th October the figures were 5.7 per cent. for Caernarvonshire, 2.7 per cent. for Wales and 1.6 per cent. for the United Kingdom. It is not possible to compute reliable percentage rates of unemployment for the separate employment exchange areas in Caernarvonshire, but for the Portmadoc and Pwllheli areas combined the figure for 12th October was 7.2 per cent. and for the Bangor, Caernarvon, Bethesda and Penygroes area it was 6.2 per cent. The actual numbers registered as unemployed at the individual employment exchanges were as follows:
Portmadoc … … … 181 Pwllheli … … … 411 Bangor … … … 169 Caernarvon … … … 476 Bethesda … … … 138 Penygroes … … … 195 Conway … … … 119 Llandudno … … … 349 Penmaenmawr … … … 101