HC Deb 22 October 1975 vol 898 cc195-6W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average total of unemployed male insured workers in Wales in each of the years from 1963 to 1975.

Mr. Booth

The following table shows the average of the monthly figures for years from 1963 to 1974 and the available figures for each month in 1975.

Number of males unemployed in Wales
1963 24,347
1964 17,532
1965 18,698
1966 21,585
1967 30,455
1968 31,444
1969 32,188
1970 31,038
1971 36,522
1972 40,713
1973 29,738
*1974 32,229
*January 1975 Not available
February 1975 38,913
March 1975 38,952
April 1975 46,154
May 1975 41,649
June 1975 41,460
Juy 1975 49,789
August 1975 56,713
September 1975 57,089
* Owing to industrial action at local offices of the Employment Service Agency, information is not available for December 1974 and January 1975. The figure for 1974 is an average of 11 months.