HC Deb 18 February 1975 vol 886 cc321-2W
31. Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the latest unemployment rate at the Caernarvon. Pwllheli and Porthmadog employment exchanges respectively.

Mr. John Fraser

On 11th November 1974, the rate of unemployment for the Caernarvon travel-to-work area was 7.2 per cent. and the rate for the Pwllheli travel-to-work area, which includes Porthmadog, was also 7.2 per cent. Owing to industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency, figures for December 1974 and January 1975 are not available.