§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many men were in employment in Wales in April 1957, 1967 and 1977, respectively.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows the number of male employees in employment in all industries and services in Wales:
June 1957 … … … … 673,000 June 1964 (a) … … … … 672,000 June 1964 (b) … … … … 673,000 June 1965 (a) … … … … 670,000 June 1965 (b) … … … … 708,000 June 1967 … … … … 677,000 June 1975 … … … … 618,000 December 1976 … … … … 603,000 Estimates for June 1964 (b) and later dates are on a revised basis of calculation and are not strictly comparable with those for June 1964 (a) and June 1975.The figures from June 1965 (b) are from the continuous series of employment estimates published in the August 1976 issue of the Department of Employment Gazette and allow for discontinuities in the data from 1965 onwards.The figure for December 1976 is provisional.The figures do not include male employees in the Welsh sector of the Chester employment office area, currently estimated to be about 5,000.