HC Deb 02 December 1982 vol 33 cc305-7W
Mr. Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of notified redundancies for each county in Wales since April 1982;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of notified redundancies in each travel-to-work area in Wales for each month since April 1982.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the available information relates to those notified redundancies which have taken place. The members are as follows:

A. Counties
April 1982 to October 1982
South Glamorgan 1,038
Mid Glamorgan 3,052
West Glamorgan 2,525
Gwent 2,710
Dyfed 2,362
Powys 181
Gwynedd 630
Clwyd 826

Travel-to-work area April 1982 May 1982 June 1982 July 1982 August 1982 September 1982* October 1982*
Monmouth 369
Neath 222 21 34 88 10 90
Newport 212 194 137 75 111 156 183
Newtown 143 12 26
Pembroke Dock 402 213 79 24 24 549
Pontypool 80 35 51 49 18 82 170
Pontypridd 76 144 39 24 24 65 182
Port Talbot 269 404 77 385 271 224 295
Pwllhelli
Rhyl 12 28 30
Shotton 62 22 60 68 115 80 38
Swansea 220 87 143 226 106 174 121
Tenby
Towyn
Welshpool
Wrexham 43 30 31 19 38 130 53

* Figures for September and October are provisional.