§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the population aged between 16 and 64 years is engaged in paid employment in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and Great Britain, respectively; and what are the figures for men and women in these categories.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe latest information for Merthyr Tydfil C.B. is from the 1966 Census of Population and relates to the economically active rather than those in paid employment. In 1966 the proportion of males aged 15 and over who were economically active was 78.6 per cent. in Merthyr Tydfil, 81.1 per cent. in Wales and 84.0 per cent. in Great Britain. The corresponding figures for females were 34.9 per cent. in Merthyr 243W Tydfil, 33.4 per cent. in Wales and 42.2 per cent. in Great Britain.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of juveniles unemployed in the first
Total number of young people registered as unemployed in February in each of the years 1967–72 Area 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Merthyr Tydfil … … … 122 69 71 59 74 115 Wales … … … 3,411 2,813 2,307 2,507 3,254 4,379 Great Britain … … … 29,677 25,543 22,714 27,088 38,923 60,108
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average weekly manufacturing wage in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively; and in each case what was the amount for male workers and female workers, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe most recent earnings figures for manual workers are provided by the October, 1971, inquiry. This inquiry showed that the average weekly earnings of full-time male manual workers, aged 21 and over, in manufacturing industries were £32.25 in Wales and £31.45 in Great Britain. Figures for females for these areas are available only from the April New Earnings Surveys; in April, 1971, the average weekly earnings in manufacturing of full-time manual
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TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, INCLUDING WORKERS WHO WERE TEMPORARILY STOPPED, ANALYSED ACCORDING TO THE 1958 EDITION OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION UP TO FEBRUARY. 1969 AND THE 1968 EDITION FROM FEBRUARY, 1970 Merthyr Tydfil 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification February, 1970 February, 1971 February, 1972 Agriculture Forestry and Fishing … … … 41 36 60 Mining and Quarrying … … … 74 62 83 Food, Drink and Tobacco … … … 24 33 39 Coal and Petroleum Products … … … 1 1 — Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 4 3 8 Metal Manufacture … … … 19 11 92 Mechanical Engineering … … … 5 20 12 Instrument Engineering … … … 5 — 2 Electrical Engineering … … … 27 34 34 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … — 1 1 Vehicles … … … 21 15 129 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 23 12 32 Textiles … … … 4 10 11 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … 1 2 1 Clothing and Footwear … … … 9 14 25 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … … … 4 5 6 Timber Furniture, etc. … … … 3 16 3 Paper Printing and Publishing … … … 2 4 2 Other Manufacturing Industries … … … 37 59 53 Construction … … … 279 267 348 Gas Electricity and Water … … … 9 1 6 Transport and Communication … … … 25 19 46 Distributive Trades … … … [...]8 79 128 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services … 8 5 6 Professional and Scientific Services … … … 13 13 12 Miscellaneous Services … … … 32 19 46 Public Administration and Defence … … … 23 30 27 Not classified by Industry … … … 118 100 164 All Industries and Services … … … 879 871 1,376 quarter of each year from 1967 to 1972 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
females, aged 18 and over, whose pay in the survey period was not affected by absence were about £15.2 in Wales and £15.7 in Great Britain.
Corresponding figures are not available for individual local areas.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of persons unemployed, by industrial categories, in each year from 1967 to 1972 and in the first quarter of each of those years in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe following table shows an industrial analysis of the numbers registered as unemployed at February each year from 1967 to 1972:
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Wales 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification February, 1970 February, 1971 February, 1972 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … … 1,008 867 960 Mining and Quarrying … … … 3,198 2,761 2,963 Food Drink and Tobacco … … … 847 953 1,387 Coal and Petroleum Products … … … 90 106 113 Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 383 523 1,257 Metal Manufacture … … … 1,401 1,952 5,124 Mechanical Engineering … … … 985 1,284 3,792 Instrument Engineering … … … 118 129 314 Electrical Engineering … … … 666 888 1,997 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … 247 216 241 Vehicles … … … 499 527 2,699 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 777 865 2,180 Textiles … … … 412 527 2,856 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … 95 78 345 Clothing and Footwear … … … 437 618 3,806 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … … … 514 456 1,360 Timber, Furniture, etc. … … … 588 447 932 Paper Printing and Publishing … … … 327 412 1,484 Other Manufacturing Industries … … … 638 968 4,403 Construction … … … 10,111 9,634 14,638 Gas Electricity and Water … … … 469 472 738 Transport and Communication … … … 2,191 2,420 3,300 Distributive Trades … … … 3,802 3,988 5,337 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services … 660 725 815 Professional and Scientific Services … … … 1,072 1,175 1,466 Miscellaneous Services … … … 3,731 3,807 4,816 Public Administration and Defence … … … 1,847 1,851 2,303 Not classified by Industry … … … 4,093 4,409 5,350 All Industries and Services … … … 41,206 43,058 76,976 246W247W
Great Britain 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification February, 1970 February, 1971 February, 1972 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … … 17,870 18,259 21,610 Mining and Quarrying … … … 24,975 22,579 23,759 Food Drink and Tobacco … … … 20,565 26,086 53,396 Coal and Petroleum Products … … … 1,604 1,522 4,306 Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 8,048 9,581 23,314 Metal Manufacture … … … 13,446 20,682 93,379 Mechanical Engineering … … … 19,733 29,113 116,077 Instrument Engineering … … … 1,857 2,359 11,597 Electrical Engineering … … … 12,947 19,479 53,798 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … 7,621 9,328 12,591 Vehicles … … … 18,125 16,809 90,009 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 13,239 18,990 112,318 Textiles … … … 15,039 24,104 133,139 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … 1,452 1,751 6,809 Clothing and Footwear … … … 6,897 8,815 70,699 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc … … … 9,267 11,599 45,513 Timber Furniture, etc. … … … 9,094 10,157 24,355 Paper Printing and Publishing … … … 8,454 11,668 31,999 Other Manufacturing Industries … … … 7,456 11,252 38,082 Construction … … … 130,302 131,126 164,488 Gas Electricity and Water … … … 6,782 8,055 11,511 Transport and Communication … … … 38,116 42,345 59,778 Distributive Trades … … … 60,267 73,716 94,623 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services … 13,153 15,867 19,613 Professional and Scientific Services … … … 16,584 19,089 25,197 Miscellaneous Services … … … 62,776 67,214 90,620 Public Administration and Defence … … … 28,773 31,227 38,346 Not classified by Industry … … … 49,733 58,058 103,622 All Industries and Services … … … 624,175 720,830 1,574,548
Merthyr Tydfil 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification February, 1967 February, 1968 February, 1969 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … … 37 38 45 Mining and Quarrying … … … 50 80 70 Food, Drink and Tobacco … … … 52 34 39 Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 4 5 2 Metal Manufacture … … … 9 9 14 Engineering and Electrical Goods … … … 91 83 73 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … — 1 — Vehicles … … … 10 8 27 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 28 16 20 Textiles … … … 5 3 13 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … — 7 2 Clothing and Footwear … … … 20 13 15 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … … … 10 3 6 Timber Furniture etc. … … … 5 4 2 Paper Printing and Publishing … … … 4 6 — Other Manufacturing Industries … … … 63 41 32 Construction … … … 284 313 344 Gas, Electricity and Water … … … 3 5 6 Transport and Communication … … … 40 43 45 Distributive Trades … … … 93 85 107 Insurance, Banking and Finance … … … 4 6 8 Professional and Scientific Services … … … 12 12 16 Miscellaneous Services … … … 50 38 37 Public Administration … … … 31 28 21 Persons not classified by industry (including Ex-Forces) 98 109 125 All Industries and Services … … … 1,003 990 1,069
Wales 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification February, 1967 February, 1968 February, 1969 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … … 878 915 934 Mining and Quarrying … … … 1,861 2,450 3,457 Food Drink and Tobacco … … … 906 906 822 Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 587 518 600 Metal Manufacture … … … 1,829 1,380 1,265 Engineering and Electrical Goods … … … 1,783 1,646 1,864 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … 567 370 264 Vehicles … … … 1,290 543 479 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 1,078 975 780 Textiles … … … 435 431 411 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … 122 74 54 Clothing and Footwear … … … 830 478 397 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … … … 457 458 461 Timber, Furniture, etc. … … … 327 291 452 Paper, Printing and Publishing … … … 259 305 293 Other Manufacturing Industries … … … 958 734 582 Construction … … … 9,622 9,816 10,272 Gas, Electricity and Water … … … 258 324 391 Transport and Communication … … … 2,911 2,871 2,489 Distributive Trades … … … 4,240 4,239 3,800 Insurance, Banking and Finance … … … 601 657 631 Professional and Scientific Services … … … 963 1,088 1,043 Miscellaneous Services … … … 4,410 4,327 3,984 Public Administration … … … 1,628 1,829 1,840 Persons not classified by industry (including Ex-Forces) 3,755 3,979 3,923 All Industries and Services … … … 42,555 41,604 41,488 248W249W
Great Britain 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification February, 1967 February, 1968 February, 1969 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … … … 17,034 17,817 17,508 Mining and Quarrying … … … 8,737 14,252 26,300 Food Drink and Tobacco … … … 17,591 18,864 17,940 Chemicals and Allied Industries … … … 8,434 9,276 8,900 Metal Manufacture … … … 18,629 17,295 12,466 Engineering and Electrical Goods … … … 37,821 41,834 36,281
Great Britain 1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification February, 1967 February, 1968 February, 1969 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering … … … 8,799 10,203 9,263 Vehicles … … … 37,424 17,136 12,862 Metal goods not elsewhere specified … … … 16,500 16,122 12,516 Textiles … … … 24,664 14,922 11,522 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … … … 1,557 1,305 1,130 Clothing and Footwear … … … 9,783 7,156 5,538 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … … … 8,345 8,337 7,745 Timber Furniture etc. … … … 9,561 7,278 8,904 Paper Printing and Publishing … … … 8,117 8,123 7,362 Other Manufacturing Industries … … … 7,945 7,633 7,004 Construction … … … 106,661 121,744 119,750 Gas, Electricity and Water … … … 4,138 4,980 5,575 Transport and Communication … … … 36,547 40,269 37,765 Distributive Trades … … … 60,881 64,691 59,446 Insurance, Banking and Finance … … … 9,537 10,397 10,533 Professional and Scientific Services … … … 13,605 15,313 14,912 Miscellaneous Services … … … 66,621 69,219 64,348 Public Administration … … … 24,768 28,422 28,787 Persons not classified by industry (including Ex-Forces) 39,141 46,570 46,844 All Industries and Services … … … 602,840 619,158 591,221
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what number of persons was employed, by industrial categories, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively, in each year from 1967 to 1972; and what were the figures for the first quarter in each of those years.
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ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, ANALYSED ACCORDING TO THE 1958 EDITION OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION FOR JUNE, 1969(A) AND EARLIER DATES AND ACCORDING TO THE 1968 EDITION FOR JUNE, 1969(B) AND LATER DATES (Thousands) 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Merthyr Tydfil Wales Great Britain June, 1969(b) June, 1970 June, 1969(b) June, 1970 June, 1971 June, 1969(b) June, 1970 June, 1971 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. 0.1 * 14.4 13.4 12.1 401.8 381.8 358.4 Mining and Quarrying 1.2 1.0 62.3 57.0 51.0 467.2 439.3 422.9 Food, Drink and Tobacco 0.6 0.5 20.8 22.3 22.8 865.5 879.6 862.6 Coal and Petroleum Products. 0.1* 0.1* 7.1 7.2 8.1 59.5 64.6 59.1 Chemicals and Allied Industries 16.1 17.7 17.7 477.0 480.1 476.6 Metal Manufacture 94.6 92.2 88.2 595.4 603.0 576.8 Mechanical Engineering 30.9 33.5 32.8 1,197.7 1,220.4 1,176.5 Instrument Engineering 4.1 4.1 3.6 151.0 155.7 160.5 Electrical Engineering 3.3 4.1 29.4 32.8 31.2 916.0 911.5 899.7 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. 2.1* 2.2* 2.7 2.7 1.7 197.1 197.0 200.3 Vehicles 23.5 24.3 26.1 836.5 846.5 832.8 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified. 24.2 25.0 24.9 643.7 649.1 635.7 Textiles 19.1 19.6 20.5 705.8 680.7 633.9 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur. 1.8 1.5 1.6 57.8 54.6 53.6 Clothing and Footwear 16.8 16.3 17.3 506.4 480.5 481.2 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 11.0 10.7 11.5 351.7 344.2 335.5 Timber, Furniture, etc. 9.3 9.5 9.5 314.7 302.3 302.3 Paper, Printing and Publishing. 13.9 14.6 14.0 647.8 656.0 630.7 Other Manufacturing Industries. 18.7 21.5 20.3 353.2 358.3 354.4
§ Mr. Dudley SmithComprehensive employment estimates, analysed by industry, are available only for each mid-year. For Merthyr Tydfil the latest are for June, 1970. The following table shows midyear estimates of the numbers of all employees, employed and unemployed, up to June, 1970, for Merthyr Tydfil and up to June, 1971, for Wales and Great Britain:
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1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Merthyr Tydfil Wales Great Britain June, 1969(b) June, 1970 June, 1969(b) June, 1970 June, 1971 June, 1969(b) 1970 June, 1970 June, 1971 Construction 0.9 0.8 76.0 71.3 77.6 1,533.7 1,415.6 1,366.1 Gas, Electricity and Water 0.4 0.4 22.9 21.8 21.5 402.2 389.7 377.6 Transport and Communication. 0.5 0.4 64.9 65.0 65.2 1,584.0 1,599.7 1,604.3 Distributive Trades 1.7 1.4 101.3 95.9 95.4 2,750.0 2,702.0 2,648.1 Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services. 0.3 0.3 19.3 19.4 20.1 903.3 966.0 986.6 Professional and Scientific Services. 2.2 2.1 126.4 125.6 130.6 2,787.7 2,832.6 2,922.7 Miscellaneous Services 1.0 0.9 75.7 72.4 76.7 1,929.0 1,853.5 1,848.8 Public Administration and Defence. 0.8 1.2 66.0 66.4 63.9 1,402.2 1,416.3 1,445.6 Not classified by Industry 0.1 0.1 3.7 4.0 4.2 45.3 47.4 61.2 Total, All industries and services. 15.2 15.7 977.0 968.0 970.0 23,083.0 22,928.0 22,715.0 For Merthyr Tydfil, separate figures are not shown either where the number of employees is less than 100 or where the information could reveal the numbers employed by individual firms. 252W253W
1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification Merthyr Tydfil Wales Great Britain June, 1967 June, 1968 June, 1969(a) June, 1967 June, 1968 June, 1969(a) June, 1967 June, 1968 June, 1969(a) Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. 0.1 * 0.1 16.4 14.7 14.4 443.6 425.0 403.1 Mining and Quarrying 1.2 1.2 1.2 77.4 69.2 62.3 559.5 505.9 466.2 Food, Drink and Tobacco 0.7 0.7 0.6 21.5 21.0 20.1 839.4 823.0 833.7 Chemicals and Allied Industries. 0.1 * * 26.3 24.8 25.0 523.0 505.8 524.3 Metal Manufacture 93.2 92.9 94.5 603.0 591.8 592.8 Engineering and Electrical Goods. 4.4 4.2 4.1 59.4 63.9 64.6 2,351.7 2,315.2 2,350.1 Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. 1.2* 1.2* 1.4* 3.6 3.0 2.7 205.7 197.0 191.3 Vehicles 20.1 19.7 22.4 825.9 813.4 830.9 Metal Goods not elsewhere specified. 23.7 24.1 24.8 578.4 578.3 584.1 Textiles 17.2 17.8 19.1 715.2 701.3 713.9 Leather, Leather Goods and Fur. 1.7 1.8 1.8 57.3 56.8 57.2 Clothing and Footwear 15.7 15.6 16.8 506.0 497.6 501.5 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. 11.6 11.5 11.2 355.0 357.9 355.8 Timber, Furniture, etc. 7.6 9.3 9.2 307.4 326.9 314.7 Paper, Printing and Publishing. 12.6 13.0 13.7 639.4 641.2 647.9 Other Manufacturing Industries. 15.6 17.1 17.5 338.1 354.1 366.3 Construction 1.0 0.8 0.9 81.2 79.5 76.1 1,630.7 1,600.5 1,531.5 Gas, Electricity and Water 0.6 0.5 0.4 23.7 23.2 22.9 428.2 417.8 402.0 Transport and Communication. 0.6 0.6 0.4 70.7 68.8 65.4 1,633.8 1,615.9 1,577.2 Distributive Trades 2.1 1.8 1.7 100.0 97.8 95.6 2,850.8 2,828.1 2,762.8 Insurance, Banking and Finance. 0.1 0.2 0.2 16.5 16.6 16.8 656.5 674.6 700.3 Professional and Scientific Services. 1.9 2.2 2.2 118.1 124.6 126.3 2,632.7 2,702.6 2,775.4 Miscellaneous Services 1.2 1.1 1.1 80.2 84.0 78.3 2,161.0 2,148.8 2,147.5 Public Administration 1.4 0.8 0.8 69.4 67.5 65.9 1,412.9 1,427.8 1,407.0 Not classified by industry 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.7 3.9 3.7 38.3 44.5 45.3 Total, All industries and services. 16.7 15.5 15.2 987.0 985.0 971.0 23,293.0 23,152.0 23,083.0
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated total family income for Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively.
§ Mr. BryanAverage weekly household income in 1970 was £35.55 for Great Britain and £33.35 for Wales. I regret that a corresponding figure for Merthyr Tydfil cannot be given, as information for particular towns is not available.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of unemployed males is aged between 20 and 30, 30 and 40, 40 and 50, 50 and 64 years in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively, in the last period for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
AT 10TH JANUARY, 1972, NUMBERS OF MALES REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED IN CERTAIN AGE GROUPS EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF ALL MALES REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED Merthyr Tydfil Wales Great Britain 20–29 years … 24.7 27.2 26.0 30–39 years … 17.7 16.3 17.2 40–49 years … 17.2 15.1 15.5 50–64 years … 26.0 29.2 30.1
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons notified as redundant from industry in each year from 1967 to 1972 in Merthyr Tydfil; and in which industries these redundancies occurred.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFollowing is the information:
The number of workpeople notified to my Department as redundant in the Merthyr Tydfil travel-to-work area in the mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and gas, electricity and water industries, was 79 in 1967; 328 in 1968; nil in 1969; 329 in 1970; 778 in 1971; and 74 up to 16th March, 1972. The industry groups affected are set out in the table below:—
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Year Industry Group Numbers redundant 1967 Food, drink and tobacco 4 Metal Manufacture 11 Leather, leather goods and fur 9 Other manufacturing industries 55
1968 Food, drink and tobacco 100 Instrument engineering 181 Electrical engineering 31 Textiles 16 1970 Mechanical engineering 40 Instrument engineering 52 Electrical engineering 131 Other metal goods 106 1971 Metal manufacture 130 Instrument engineering 648 1972 Food, drink and tobacco 74