§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the proportion lost in Wales of the estimated 766,000 jobs lost in the United Kingdom economy between September 1979 and September 1980.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsEstimates of the number of employees in employment compiled quarterly by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Employment are published on a regular basis in the Department ofEmployment Gazette. The latest published information relates to the quarter ending June 1980 and indicates that in the preceding 12 months the number of employees in employment in Wales fell by some 32,000: the equivalent of 7.7 per cent. of the decrease in the United Kingdom as a whole. Estimates up to September 1980 will be published in the Employment Gazette later this month.
§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the proportion in Wales of the estimated job loss of 85,000 in the manufacturing sector throughout the United Kingdom in October 1980.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsOn the basis described, Department of Employment monthly estimates of employees in employment would indicate a Welsh component of between 11 and 12 per cent.