§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales by how much employment has fallen in the Principality during the second quarter of 1982.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe number of employees in employment in Wales fell by 8,000.
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the rate of increase between October 1979 and 298W 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 EdwardsThe information is as follows
Percentage increase in the numbers unemployed for more than two years between October 1979 and October 1982.
Wales 165.3 West Glamorgan 255.1 Gwent 178.8 Mid Glamorgan 171.5 South Glamorgan 162.0 Clwyd 147.3 Dyfed 127.2 Gwynedd 95.5 Powys 75.0
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the rate of increase between October 1979 and October 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than 52 weeks for (a) Wales and (b) each county in Wales, ranked from highest to lowest.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information is as follows:
Percentage increase in the numbers unemployed for more than 52 weeks between October 1979 and October 1982 Per cent. Wales 199.6 West Glamorgan 280.6 Mid Glamorgan 214.7 Dyfed 207.6 Gwent 204.7 Clwyd 187.1 Powys 182.5 South Glamorgan 153.9 Gwynedd 133.3
§ Mr. Wardellasked 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 52 weeks for (a) Wales and (b) each county in Wales, ranked from highest to lowest.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information is as follows:
Percentage increase in the numbers unemployed for more than 52 weeks between April 1979 and October 1982 Per cent. Wales 200.0 West Glamorgan 348.0 Mid Glamorgan 227.4 Powys 208.8 Gwent 196.3 Dyfed 183.2 South Glamorgan 174.2 Clwyd 158.7 Gwynedd 105.8
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of unemployed by order of the standard industrial classification and the number of vacancies in Wales at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information is as follows:
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Wales Notified vacancies remaining unfilled May 1982 Notified vacancies remaining unfilled August 1982 Standard Industrial Classification Unemployed May 1982 Employment Offices Careers Offices Employment Offices Careers Offices Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 2,238 32 9 70 7 Mining and Quarrying 2,822 20 — 17 — Food, Drink, Tobacco 3,431 84 6 73 4 Coal and Petroleum Products 437 7 — 9 — Chemical and Allied Industries 2,095 47 4 75 1 Metal Manufacture 11,473 23 1 37 6 Mechanical Engineering 3,819 98 4 121 2 Instrument Engineering 310 13 1 8 5 Electrical Engineering 3,256 118 3 114 3 Shipbuilding 316 5 1 1 1 Vehicles 2,807 73 1 48 1 Metal goods not elsewhere specified 4,051 106 3 122 9 Textiles 1,688 47 1 39 3 Leather, Leather Goods 157 8 1 6 2 Clothing and Footwear 2,039 99 11 71 11 Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement 963 29 — 27 — Timber, Furniture, etc. 1,715 63 2 70 3 Paper, Printing, Publishing 1,480 74 2 71 8 Other Manufacturing 3,557 60 3 62 1 Construction 28,412 416 13 439 19 Gas, Electricity, Water 720 38 5 43 — Transport and Communication 6,268 129 3 97 7 Distributive Trades 14,789 879 48 795 42 Insurance, Banking, Finance 2,415 339 6 307 7 Professional and Scientific Services 6,624 697 8 644 8 Miscellaneous Services 15,496 2,660 29 1,436 25 Public Administration and Defence 8,952 693 6 693 7 Unclassified 35,914 — — — — Total 168,244 6,857 171 5,495 182 The industrial analysis of the unemployed was discontinued from May 1982. The industrial analysis of unfilled vacancies is compiled on a quarterly basis.
Vacancy statistics are not a measure of the total number of vacancies in the economy; the figures relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled on the day of the monthly count. A survey conducted in 1977 indicated that, on average, only about one third of all vacancies are notified to the public employment service.
Vacancies notified to employment offices—jobcentres are mainly for adults aged 18 and over, but include some vacancies for persons under 18.
Vacancies notified to careers offices are mainly for young persons under 18, but may include some vacancies suitable for adults. A vacancy is sometimes notified to both services by an employer and will be included in both counts; for this reason the two sets of figures should not be added together to give a figure for total unfilled vacancies.
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number unemployed by order of the standard industrial classification and the number of vacancies in each of the employment offices in West Glamorgan in October 1982.
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Cymmer Gorseinon Morriston Standard Industrial Classification 1 2 *3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Agriculture, forestry, fishing 5 — — 9 3 2 10 — — Mining and quarrying 40 — — 64 — — 35 — — Food, drink and tobacco 2 — — 10 — — 35 2 2 Coal and petroleum products — — — 2 — — 34 — — Chemicals and allied industries 43 — — 2 — — 27 — — Metal manufacture 36 — — 341 1 — 363 — — Mechanical engineering 2 — — 54 2 1 46 — — Instrument engineering 1 — — 3 — — 6 — — Electrical engineering 16 — — 18 — — 28 1 2 Shipbuilding and marine engineering — — — 5 — — 2 — — Vehicles 11 — — 45 — — 44 — — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 11 — — 42 — — 58 2 4 Textiles 1 — — 10 — — 7 — — Leather, leather goods and fur 1 — — 6 — — 1 — — Clothing and footwear 5 — — 24 — — 36 — — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement 2 — — 6 — — 30 1 4 Timber, furniture etc. 6 — — 12 — — 43 10 1 Paper, printing and publishing 12 — — 3 — — 13 — — Other manufacturing 5 — — 83 1 — 80 — 2 Construction 138 — — 190 2 10 576 13 6
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information in respect of latest available dates is as follows:
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Cymmer Gorseinon Morriston Standard Industrial Classification 1 2 *3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Gas, electricity and water — — — 4 1 — 6 — — Transport and communication 15 — — 26 1 1 101 1 — Distributive trades 19 — — 163 8 8 274 15 10 Insurance, banking etc. — 1 — 21 4 2 31 5 2 Professional and scientific services 8 — — 41 5 3 101 17 15 Miscellaneous services 19 — — 119 38 7 235 19 11 Public administration and defence 22 7 — 75 5 3 272 8 8 Unclassified by Industry 117 — — 362 — — 891 — — Total—All Industries 537 8 — 1,740 71 37 3,385 94 67 1. Unemployed at May 1982.
2. Number of vacancies unfilled at May 1982.
3. Number of vacancies unfilled at August 1982.
* Cymmer vacancies unfilled for August included in Port Talbot totals.
† Resolven vacancies unfilled for August included in Neath totals.
Neath Pontardawe Port Talbot Standard Industrial Classification 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Agriculture, forestry, fishing 10 — — 1 — — 22 1 1 Mining and quarrying 50 — 1 30 — — 35 — — Food, drink and tobacco 35 — — 3 — — 55 1 3 Coal and petroleum products 69 — — 2 — — — — — Chemicals and allied industries 64 — 1 5 — — 117 1 1 Metal manufacture 474 — 2 102 — — 974 — 1 Mechanical engineering 56 — — 21 — — 36 1 8 Instrument engineering 10 — — 4 — — 26 — — Electrical engineering 40 — — 9 — — 22 4 1 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 2 — — — — — 2 — — Vehicles 65 — 1 6 — — 89 — — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 208 1 5 32 — 1 155 3 1 Textiles 2 — — 1 — — — 2 4 Leather, leather goods and fur 1 — — — — — 1 — — Clothing and footwear 47 — — 14 — — 110 13 8 Bricks, pottery, glass, cement 16 — — 1 — — 12 1 — Timber, furniture etc. 33 11 3 19 — — 37 2 4 Paper, printing and publishing 21 — — 5 — — 12 10 6 Other manufacturing 92 — — 9 — — 50 — — Construction 559 2 42 83 1 — 942 28 38 Gas, electricity and water 11 3 1 5 — — 10 — 1 Transport and communication 129 4 2 14 — — 121 2 3 Distributive trades 379 14 12 55 2 — 276 12 14 Insurance, banking etc. 55 1 1 16 — 1 43 6 11 Professional and scientific services 125 7 7 25 1 — 127 4 7 Miscellaneous services 289 24 15 50 7 2 376 32 37 Public administration and defence 179 3 13 80 2 1 217 20 51 Unclassified by Industry 739 — — 129 — — 1,317 — — Total—All Industries 3,760 70 106 721 13 5 5,184 139 200 1. Unemployed at May 1982.
2. Number of vacancies unfilled at May 1982.
3. Number of vacancies unfilled at August 1982.
* Cymmer vacancies unfilled for August included in Port Talbot totals.
† Resolven vacancies unfilled for August included in Neath totals.
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Swansea Resolven Ystradgynlais Standard Industrial Classification 1 2 3 1 2 †3 1 2 3 Agriculture, forestry, fishing 42 — — 3 — — 3 — — Mining and quarrying 23 — — 22 — — 46 — — Food, drink and tobacco 154 5 18 4 — — 1 — — Coal and petroleum products 34 3 3 — — — 1 — — Chemicals and allied industries 105 9 13 — — — 7 — — Metal manufacture 727 1 1 174 — — 8 — — Mechanical engineering 125 6 19 4 — — 15 — — Instrument engineering 13 1 1 — — — 47 2 2 Electrical engineering 72 9 8 42 — — 11 — 1 Shipbuilding and marine engineering 57 — — — — — — — — Vehicles 117 11 11 21 — — 10 — — Metal goods not elsewhere specified 214 22 20 7 — — 6 1 — Textiles 49 4 4 1 — — 11 — — Leather, leather goods and fur 4 2 1 — — — — — —
Swansea Resolven Ystradgynlais Standard Industrial Classification 1 2 3 1 2 †3 1 2 3 Clothing and footwear 68 9 10 11 — — 19 — — Bricks, pottery, glass, cement 16 3 4 2 — — — — — Timber, furniture etc. 42 2 1 5 — — 4 — — Paper, printing and publishing 40 6 4 1 — — 1 1 1 Other manufacturing 314 3 14 6 — — 4 — — Construction 1,677 30 54 84 1 — 83 — 1 Gas, electricity and water 37 2 4 5 — — 1 — — Transport and communication 477 17 9 11 1 — 17 — 1 Distributive trades 1,258 91 143 36 — — 34 1 1 Insurance, banking etc. 189 44 35 5 — — 10 1 1 Professional and scientific service 445 48 62 6 — — 24 1 — Miscellaneous services 972 90 157 26 1 — 57 3 12 Public administration and defence 605 43 33 28 — — 44 — 1 Unclassified by Industry 2,324 — — 102 — — 135 — — Total—All Industries 10,200 461 632 606 3 — 599 10 21 1. Unemployed at May 1982.
2. Number of vacancies unfilled at May 1982.
3. Number of vacancies unfilled at August 1982.
* Cymmer vacancies unfilled for August included in Port Talbot totals.
† Resolven vacancies unfilled for August included in Neath totals.
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the number of long-term unemployed as a percentage of all enployees in (a) October 1979 and (b) October 1982 for (i) Wales and (ii) each county in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information based on the latest available employee population estimates is as follows:
October 1979 October 1980 Wales 2.1 6.2 South Glamorgan 1.9 4.8 Mid Golamorgan 2.8 8.9 West Glamorgan 1.4 5.3 Gwent 2.4 7.3 Dyfed 1.6 5.1
Full-time Workers: Distribution of Gross Weekly Earnings Per cent. Under £40 £41 to £50 £51 to £60 £61 to £70 £71 to £80 £81 to £90 £91 to £100 £101 to £110 £111 to £120 £121 to £130 £131 to £140 £141 to £150 Over £150 Males* ← 1.6 → 3.2 4.7 7.0 9.8 11.1 10.5 ← 23.6 → 28.5 Females† 1.5 4.3 13.8 16.2 16.5 10.9 11.0 6.0 4.0 3.4 ← 5.0 → 7.4 * Aged 21 and over. † Aged 18 and over.