§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Minister of Labour how many persons previously employed in service industries in Wales have been registered as unemployed since July; and what percentage they are of the total number of unemployed.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsWe do not compile statistics giving an industrial analysis of persons coming on to the unemployed registers. We do compile an industrial analysis of the numbers unemployed on a specific date each month.
At 14th November, 1966, the latest date for which information is available, there were in Wales 13,590 persons registered as unemployed whose last em-
Employees in Employment (Thousands) Numbers registered as unemployed Males Females Total Males Females Total October, 1962 … 154.2 8.1 162.3 14,240 233 14,473 October, 1963 … 143.7 7.7 151.4 14,292 238 14,530 October, 1964 … 143.4 8.1 151.5 7,469 175 7,644 October, 1965 … 146.8* 8.2* 155.0* 4,824 113 4,937 October, 1966 … 142.7* 8.7* 151.4* 5,103 139 5,242 November, 1966 … — — — 5,872 153 6,025 * Provisional. I will write to the hon. Member, on the second part of the Question as soon as possible
268Wployment was in service industries, defined as Orders XIX to XXIV of the Standard Industrial Classification, representing 34–5 per cent. of the total numbers unemployed at that date.