§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Labour the numbers of school leavers unemployed for each of the exchange areas in the Counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan at the latest count.
§ Mr. WhitelawThe numbers are available for youth employment office, not employment exchange, areas. They are as follows:
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County Youth Employment Office Number of school leavers registered for first employment on 10th June, 1963 Monmouth Abertillery 25 Blackwood 23 Cross Keys 4 Newport 8 Pontypool 20 Usk 2 Glamorgan Aberdare 19 Barry 7 Bridgend 28 Caerphilly 8 Cardiff 13 Gorseinon 9 Merthyr Tydfil 10 Neath 29 Pontypridd 11 Port Talbot 36 Swansea 14 Tonypandy 52
§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Labour if he will state the rate of unemployment for each of the exchange areas in the Counties of Monmouth and Glamorgan at the latest count.
§ Mr. WhitelawFollowing is the information:
Rates of unemployment for Employment Exchange areas in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire on 10th June, 1963 Glamorgan Aberdare Group 3.0 Bargoed Group 5.0 Bridgend Group 2.8 Caerphilly Group 8.4 Cardiff Group 2.6 Llanelly Group* 4.2 Maesteg Group 4.3 Merthyr Tydfil Group 3.6 Neath Group 1.7 Pontyclun Group 4.6 Pontypridd 1.9 Porthcawl 3.9 Port Talbot 2.0 Swansea Group 3.2 Tonypandy Group 6.8 Ystalyfera Group 4.1 *Llanelly, Burry Port, Kidwelly and Tumble, which are included in the group for percentage purposes, are in Carmarthenshire
Monmouthshire Abergavenny Group* 1.6 Chepstow 1.4 Cwmbran 0.9 Ebbw Vale Group† 3.9 Monmouth 2.7 Newport Group 1.7 Pontypool Group 3.2 Risca 3.3 *Crickhowell, which is included in the group for percentage purposes, is in Breconshire. †Brynmawr, which is included in the group for percentages purposes, is in Breconshire.