HC Deb 04 February 1971 vol 810 cc434-6W
79. Mr. Fred Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workpeople, male and female, respectively, have lost their employment since 30th June, 1970, through redundancy or closures of factories in the Rhymney, Pontlottyn, Bargoed, Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly and Senghenydd Labour Exchange areas.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Not all redundancies and closures are notified to my Department and our information is not therefore comprehensive. However, records show that the following numbers of workpeople lost their employment through redundancy or closures during the period 30th June, 1970, to 27th January, 1971—

Area Males Females
Pontlottyn … … 275 39
Bargoed … … 63 42
Ystrad Mynach … … 74 13
Caerphilly … … 24 3
Senghenydd … … Nil Nil
436 97

Rhymney forms part of the Pontlottyn employment exchange area.

80. Mr. Fred Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current rate of male unemployment in the Pontlottyn, Bargoed, Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly, and Senghenydd Labour Exchange areas.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Percentage rates of unemployment can be calculated only for complete travel-to-work areas. At 11th January the rate for males in the Bargoed travel-to-work areas which includes Blackwood as well as Bargoed,

ESTIMATES OF GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME ADULTS IN APRIL, 1970, OBTAINED FROM THE NEW EARNINGS SURVEY
Fylde Sub-division North Western Region Great Britain
£ £ £
Manual workers
Men aged 21 and over 23.8 26.1 26.2
Women aged 18 and over 12.0 12.7 12.9
Non-manual workers
Men aged 21 and over 28.2 34.4 35.7
Women aged 18 and over 16.9 16.7 17.6
All workers
Men aged 21 and over 25.5 28.8 29.4
Women aged 18 and over 15.4 15.0 15.8
All workers, excluding those who pay was affected by absence
Men aged 21 and over 25.8 29.5 30.0
Women aged 18 and over 15.7 15.5 16.3
All the estimates are subject to sampling error.

83. Mr. Miscampbell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men were registered as unemployed at

Pontlottyn and Ystrad Mynach Employment Exchange areas, was 9.1 per cent. Caerphilly and Senghenydd form only a small part of the Cardiff travel-to-work area for which the rate for males was 4.7 per cent.