HC Deb 01 December 1982 vol 33 cc187-8W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for (a) the Caernarvon-Bangor employment area and (b) the Pwllheli-Porthmadog employment area, the percentage unemployment for males and females, respectively, for January and July of each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

The information is as follows:

Caernarfon, Bangor Bethesda, Penygroes Pwllheli, Porthmadog
Male Female Male Female
1973
January 10.4 3.4 9.8 3.3
July 7.0 1.7 4.5 0.6
1974
January 8.4 2.6 9.4 3.0
July 8.4 2.1 5.0 0.9
1975*
January N/A N/A N/A N/A
July 12.5 3.8 9.3 1.6
1976
January 12.9 4.8 15.1 5.7
July 11.0 6.0 9.8 2.8
1977
January 10.0 6.1 16.4 7.5
July 10.6 7.4 10.8 3.5
1978
January 11.4 6.9 16.5 9.6
July 11.2 8.1 11.3 4.1
1979
January 11.5 7.5 14.2 8.0
July 10.3 7.9 9.5 4.1
1980
January 10.4 6.9 14.2 9.7
July 13.7 9.8 10.5 4.9
1981
January 17.6 10.7 19.6 11.5
July 18.8 11.0 14.0 5.6
1982
January 21.6 12.5 22.8 13.5
July 20.7 12.4 15.2 7.7

*Figures for January 1975 are not available.

Mr. Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the rate of increase between April 1979 and October 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than two years for (a) Wales and (b) each county in Wales ranked from highest to lowest.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

[pursuant to his reply, 25 November 1982, c. 555]: The percentage increase for Wales and each county in Wales is as follows:

per cent.
Wales 167.7
West Glamorgan 320.6
Mid Glamorgan 194.3
South Glamorgan 180.2
per cent.
Gwent 165.9
Clwyd 135.0
Dyfed 116.6
Powys 92.4
Gwynedd 67.2