HC Deb 29 July 1974 vol 878 cc2-3W
Mr. Ioan Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what were the estimated costs and effect of the three-day week on the Welsh economy.

Mr. John Morris

It is not possible to separate the effect on Wales from other economic and industrial factors affecting the country as a whole. Recent figures, available only on a United Kingdom basis, show that in the first quarter of 1974 the Index of Industrial Production stood at 103–1970–100—compared with 110.4, 109.4, 110.3 and 109.2 in the four quarters of 1973. In May 1974, the latest

PERSONS REGISTERED AS HANDICAPPED (MARCH 1973)
General classes Deaf and hard of hearing Blind and partially sighted Total disabled persons
Anglesey AC … … 727 51 201 979
Breconshire AC … … 569 242 245 1,056
Caernarvon AC … … 1,817 155 512 2,484
Cardigan AC … … 742 8 257 1,007
Carmarthen AC … … 2,022 150 790 2,962
Denbigh AC … … 1,520 142 468 2,130
Flintshire AC … … 1,004 111 538 1,653
Glamorgan AC … … 7,214 641 3,427 11,282
Merioneth AC … … 439 51 146 636
Monmouth AC … … 2,697 163 1,673 4,533
Montgomery AC … … 265 48 135 448
Pembroke AC … … 623 44 390 1,057
Radnor AC … … 184 47 67 298
Cardiff CB … … 1,291 180 827 2,298
Merthyr Tydfil CB … … 420 44 363 827
Newport CB … … 950 96 381 1,427
Swansea CB … … 884 135 395 1,414
Wales … … 23,368 2,308 10,815 36,491