§ Mr. John Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Employment what the latest unemployment figures are at the Cymmer exchange; and what percentage this is of the insured population covered by the exchange with detailed numbers of men, women and youths and the percentage of each.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 10th January, there were, provisionally, 245 men and 80 women registered as unemployed at the Cymmer Employment Exchange. The Cymmer employment exchange area is covered by the Port Talbot careers office 481W and there are no separate youth figures for Cymmer. The percentage rates of unemployment for the Port Talbot, Bridgend, Cymmer, Maesteg and Porthcawl travel-to-work area were 8.9 for males, 4.9 for females and 5.3 in total. Rates can be calculated only for the whole of the travel-to-work area. They cannot be calculated for adults and young persons separately.
§ Mr. John Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average length of the time that adult males have been unemployed at the Cymmer exchange; and how many have been unemployed for more than one month, two months, three months, and over six months, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 10th January, the provisional number of men registered as unemployed at the Cymmer Employment Exchange was 245, of which 244 were wholly unemployed. Of these, 203 had been registered for more than four weeks, 171 for more than eight weeks, 142 for more than 13 weeks and 95 for more than 26 weeks. Information about the average time for which men have been on the register of the Cymmer Employment Exchange is not available.