§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies were declared in the Rhondda travel-to-work area in 1970 and for the first 11 months of 1971.
§ Mr. BryanNot all redundancies are notified to my Department and it is not the practice to keep records of every minor redundancy. However, our records show that redundancies involving about 1,100 workpeople were declared in the Pontypridd travel-to-work area (which includes the Rhondda Valley) in 1970 and about 1,800 in the first 11 months of 1971.
§ Mr. Alec Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many disabled people are registered unemployed in 403W the Rhondda travel-to-work area; and how this compares with the same period of 1970, 1969, and 1968.
§ Mr. BryanIn November, 1971, 705 registered disabled people were unemployed in the Rhondda travel-to-work area. This compared with 572 in November, 1970, 585 in November, 1969 and 537 in November, 1968.