§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the average percentage unemployment rate for males and for females, respectively, in each of the eight counties of Wales, or as close to these county units for which figures are available, for each year from 1974 to the present.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsTravel-to-work areas do not always coincide with county boundaries. The best estimate available is as follows:
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1977 1978 1979 County Males Females Males Females Males Females South Glamorgan … 8.7 3.6 10.5 4.6 9.4 4.7 Mid Glamorgan … 9.2 7.4 9.4 8.1 9.1 8.6 West Glamorgan … 7.4 5.8 7.5 6.7 7.7 7.3 Gwent … 8.1 7.0 8.8 7.8 8.4 7.9 Dyfed … 10.0 6.9 9.0 7.4 7.6 6.9 Powys … 7.6 4.6 6.9 4.5 5.8 4.1 Gwynedd … 11.8 6.8 12.4 8.0 11.9 8.2 Clwyd … 12.0 8.5 11.1 9.5 9.2 8.7
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for Wales the proportion of unemployed persons who (a) have been unemployed for more than four weeks, and (b) who are under the age of 20 years for 1966, 1971,1976 and for the latest time for which comparable figures are available.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe following table gives the proportion of unemployed people in Wales under 20 years of age and registered as unemployed for more than four weeks. Figures relate to January 1980 (the latest available) and the corresponding month in the other years specified.
Per cent. January 1966 9.1 January 1971 9.3 January 1976 15.7 January 1980 15.0
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for Wales, the average percentage total unemployment for each year from 1966 to 1980.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe following table gives the annual average rates of unemployment for Wales from 1966 to 1979:
Year Annual average unemployment rates Per cent. 1966 2.8 1967 4.0 1968 3.9 1969 4.0 1970 3.8 1971 4.4 1972 4.8 1973 3.4 1974 3.7 1975 5.6 1976 7.2 1977 7.9 1978 8.4 1979 8.0