HC Deb 20 December 1966 vol 738 cc265-6W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Minister of Labour how many persons who have lost employment in service industries in Wales since July have been given employment in manufacturing and export industries in Wales; and if he will give detailed figures.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

This information is not available. The Department's statistics show the numbers of persons unemployed on a specific date each month, analysed according to the industry in which they were last employed. No statistics are available giving an industrial analysis of persons coming on to the unemployed registers.

Placings are analysed according to the industries the workers enter and not the industries in which they were last employed.

Between 7th July and 9th November, 10,494 persons (3,952 men, 2,114 boys,

Mr. Gunter

The Government support the principle of equal pay, and, in the discussions with both sides of industry about the problems to which this gives rise, the implications of the relevant article of the Treaty of Rome are being considered.