HC Deb 15 February 1973 vol 850 cc416-7W
Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the insured population is out of work in each of the 13 Welsh counties at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Following is the information:

Unemployed percentage rates*
Anglesey 10.6
Brecknockshire 5.0
Caernarvonshire .. 8.3
Cardiganshire 6.3
Carmarthenshire 3.8
Denbighshire 5.5
Flintshire 4.9
Glamorganshire 4.9
Merionethshire 10.4
Monmouthshire 4.8
Montgomeryshire 3.7
Pembrokeshire 6.1
Radnorshire 4.9
* Numbers unemployed expressed as a percentage of the total number of employees (employed and unemployed).