HC Deb 27 July 1954 vol 531 c15W
Mr. Watkins

asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons employed at each of the Remploy factories in Wales; and what increases or decreases there have been in the numbers employed, as compared with two years ago.

Mr. Watkinson

The number of severely disabled persons employed at each of the Remploy factories in Wales at the 25th May, 1954 (the latest date for which the information is available), and the increases or decreases as compared with the numbers employed two years ago are:

Name of Factory Number of severely disabled persons employed at 25.5.54 Increase (+) or decrease (-) as compared with the number at 19.5.52
Abertillery 72 +14
Blackwood 58 -8
Bridgend 177 +6
Brynamman 56 +3
Merthyr Tydfil 119 -7
Neath 44 +14
Pentre 62 +1
Porth 86 -9
Swansea 106 -1
Tonyrefail 79 -1
Treforest 123 -19
(includes 14 homeworkers)
Wrexham 62 -2
Ystradgynlais 45 -8
Total 1,089 -15