§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is, in respect of each employment area in South Glamorgan, his estimate of the total number of jobs lost and the number of jobs lost in the following categories (a) manufacturing, (b) local government, (c) Civil Service and (d) service industries, in respect of the following years: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983 to date.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsInformation on the net change in employment is obtained from the census of employment conducted by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment. Since 1978 the census has been conducted triennially and information about year-on-year changes at employment office area level is no longer available. When the local figures for 1981 are announced later this year, I shall write to the hon. Gentleman.