§ Mr. Morganasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will take immediate steps to ensure that his Department's office in Cardiff produce the most up-to-date statistics available of unemployment in the various employment exchange areas of Wales.
§ Mr. Golding,pursuant to his reply[Official Report,26th October 1977; Vol. 936, c. 890],gave the following information:
The numbers unemployed arc counted on a selected day in each month, generally the second Thursday. National and regional figures are given in a Press notice 10 days later and figures for local areas are available from that date. A table giving the unemployment figures for all employment office areas in Wales is prepared subsequently by the Manpower Services Commission's Office for Wales in Cardiff.