HC Deb 24 February 1970 vol 796 c295W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many persons are employed in Carmarthenshire and in Wales, respectively, in the railway industry; and what was the number employed 20 years ago.

Mr. Dell

The estimated number of employees in Carmarthenshire in railways (minimum list heading 220 of the 1948 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification and 701 of the 1958 edition) at

NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED
1969 1970
Employment Exchange Area Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
Canterbury 606 628 575 603 562 532 473 518 557 550 580 617 734
Herne Bay and Whitstable 645 687 665 677 607 571 529 589 570 638 659 668 742
Margate 1,430 1,384 1,344 1,185 972 678 644 712 783 1,247 1,330 1,399 1,446
Ramsgate and Sandwich 1,369 1,384 1,362 1,258 1,127 911 872 1,104 1,141 1,210 1,370 1,483 1,583
Deal 499 477 446 438 388 380 344 382 388 443 487 520 578
Dover 715 713 606 619 504 450 407 505 480 644 683 685 679
Folkestone and Hythe 897 953 939 808 710 691 639 732 672 830 946 1,035 1,064
Gravesend 964 868 891 855 790 727 718 838 862 844 854 943 971
Chatham 2,032 1,912 1,923 1,816 1,704 1,511 1,567 1,773 1,925 1,816 1,897 1,967 2,311
Sittingbourne and Faversham 593 572 517 470 423 420 413 552 474 462 518 627 667
Sheerness 502 547 482 482 420 353 346 404 346 406 445 453 490