§ Mr. Ray Powellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of people in employment in the travel-to-work areas in Mid-Wales recently de-scheduled, in each July from 1975 together with the number of persons registered as unemployed on comparable dates in percentage terms.
Table 1—Employees in employment Travel to work area June 1975 June 1976 June 1977 June 1978 Barmouth 3,303 3,259 3,244 3,574 Tywyn 879 848 835 866 Machynlleth 1,789 1,770 1,738 1,621 Welshpool 6,028 5,919 5,809 5,928 Abetystwyth 10,810 10,915 10,620 10,812 Newtown 6,813 7,017 7,149 7,438 Llandrindod Wells 6,691 6,854 6,895 7,053 Llandeilo 2,992 3,032 2,787 2,993 Brecon 6,825 6,792 6,542 6,802
Table 2—Percentage unemployed Travel to work area June 1975 June 1976 June 1977 June 1978 June 1979 June 1980 June 1981 June 1982 Barmouth 4.0 5.0 5.7 4.4 2.7 4.7 9.6 9.5 Tywyn 7.2 11.0 12.7 11.3 8.4 9.3 13.5 12.7 Machynlleth 4.4 7.0 7.9 6.2 5.1 6.3 10.2 13.0 Welshpool 4.2 5.6 5.9 6.1 4.8 5.5 10.1 11.3 Aberystwyth 3.1 4.0 5.3 5.9 5.4 5.7 9.1 10.1 Newtown 3.8 5.2 6.2 5.1 4.0 5.5 9.9 13.3 Llandrindod Wells 4.7 6.0 6.5 6.8 5.5 6.9 11.4 10.8 Llandeilo 4.1 5.0 7.6 7.0 7.8 9.4 13.9 12.8 Brecon 2.3 4.2 5.2 5.2 4.3 5.3 7.1 7.9