§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the number of persons that have been registered as unemployed for more than two years for each of the counties of Wales for each month for the following years: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsThe information is not available in the form requested. Before the last quarter in 1978 figures were produced on a half-yearly basis and related to those unemployed for more than 52 weeks. Since April 1979 quarterly figures for more than 104 weeks are available and on this basis are as follows: 107W
Unemployed for over a year Unemployed for over 2 years Jan. 1977 July 1977 Jan. 1978 July 1978 Oct. 1978 Jan. 1979 April 1979 July 1979 Oct. 1979 Jan. 1980 April 1980 July 1980 Oct. 1980 Jan. 1981 April 1981 July 1981 Oct. 1981 South Glamorgan 2,227 2,925 2,672 2,896 3,191 3,389 1,527 1,553 1,633 1,786 1,923 2,128 2,206 2,228 2,318 2,490 2,778 Mid Glamorgan 3,540 3,668 3,729 4,064 4,188 4,007 2,077 2,098 2,251 2,210 2,185 2,293 2,372 2,581 2,724 3,063 3,179 West Glamorgan 2,044 2,006 2,444 2,449 2,560 2,533 1,156 1,188 1,369 1,366 1,335 1,412 1,540 1,672 1,840 2,019 2,408 Gwent 3,512 3,541 4,008 4,158 4,000 4,134 2,205 2,414 2,103 2,068 2,110 2,160 2,524 2,570 2,651 2,930 3,280 Dyfed 1,887 1,934 2,198 2,136 2,142 2,142 1,030 997 982 985 979 962 1,048 1,083 1,118 1,203 1,407 Powys 444 459 485 437 433 406 211 218 232 204 199 204 206 206 227 227 264 Gwynedd 1,940 1,709 1,989 1,938 2,065 2,116 1,131 1,084 967 1,052 1,027 1,006 1,047 1,041 1,103 1,141 1,327 Clwyd 3,106 3,388 4,017 3,882 3,937 4,117 1,992 1,938 1,893 1,893 1,838 1,762 1,842 1,854 1,869 1,972 2,239