§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were(a) employed and (b) unemployed in (i) Wales and (ii) Clwyd for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Peter Walker[holding answer 3 February 1988]: The information available is given in the following table:
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000s Total in civil employment Unemployed claimants Year 1Clwyd 2Wales 3Clwyd 4Wales June 1979 ֵ 1,157 ֵ 70.3 June 1980 ֵ 1,125 ֵ 84.2 June 1981 113 1,054 ֵ 132.4 June 1982 ֵ 1,027 ֵ 146.8 June 1983 ֵ 1,014 22.4 158.7 June 1984 118 1,030 21.9 162.7 June 1985 ֵ 1,023 23.0 172.2 June 1986 ֵ 1,016 23.1 175.0 June 1987 ֵ 1,027 20.4 154.1 1 For Clwyd, the figures exclude self-employed—the only available figure, from the April 1981 Census of Population, which shows 17,800. Employees in Employment Statistics come from Censuses of Employment and relate to September.
2 Department of Employment quarterly estimate series and Labour Force Survey estimates of self-employed. 3 Unadjusted figures (including school leavers); Figures for June 1983 are affected by the 1983 Budget measures whereby some men, mainly aged 60 or over, were no longer required to sign on at unemployment offices to receive benefit. There is discontinuity in data from March 1986, owning to a change in the compilation of unemployment statistics. 44 Consistent seasonally-adjusted series.