§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what was the number unemployed by order of Standard Industrial Classification and the number of vacancies in each of the employment office areas in West Glamorgan in July 1982;
(2) what was the rate of increase between July 1979 and July 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than two years for (a) Wales and (b) each county in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI shall write to the hon. Member as soon as the information is available.
§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the unemployment figures for each county in Wales
Those unemployed for more than 52 weeks as a percentage of total unemployed: Month South Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan West Glamorgan Gwent Dyfed Powys Gwynedd Clwyd 1979 April 26.8 26.1 21.6 29.2 24.5 26.9 29.7 31.5 July 29.0 22.7 20.4 26.0 22.8 24.6 30.4 27.9 October 29.6 25.9 23.4 27.5 22.2 32.3 26.9 28.8 1980 January 28.6 25.0 23.8 26.4 20.5 31.0 24.6 26.6 April 27.3 23.8 23.1 25.0 20.1 20.9 24.9 19.1 July 23.7 19.4 19.7 21.1 17.5 16.1 22.1 16.7 October 23.4 19.2 17.9 12.2 17.2 16.4 21.0 17.8 1981 January 22.9 20.1 18.1 21.7 16.9 16.7 19.4 17.2 July 23.9 23.1 20.4 23.6 19.4 17.8 21.2 22.5 April 25.6 25.6 22.2 24.5 20.7 20.2 25.4 27.4 October 28.4 30.4 30.2 31.4 24.0 23.4 26.9 31.9 1982 January 31.7 31.9 32.8 34.9 26.4 22.1 28.5 33.8 April 34.8 30.0 36.2 37.2 27.9 27.3 31.4 37.9 Note: Figures for July 1982 are not yet available.
§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the rate of increase between July 1979 and July 1982 in the number of persons registered as unemployed for more than 52 weeks for (a) Wales and (b) each county in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI shall write to the hon. Member when the information covering the most recent period up to July 1982 becomes available.