HC Deb 27 May 1988 vol 134 cc403-4W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many persons are employed in the construction industry in each of the Welsh counties; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.

Mr. Peter Walker

Data for the Welsh counties are available for 1978, 1981 and 1984 only and are as follows:

Construction—Employees in employment
Thousands
June 19781 September 19812 September 19842
Clwyd 8.0 5.4 5.7
Dyfed 7.0 6.1 4.9
Gwent 8.7 8.7 7.8
Gwynedd 6.9 4.8 3.4
Mid Glamorgan 10.7 8.0 8.6
Powys 2.2 1.3 1.6
South Glamorgan 10.9 10.1 8.3
West Glamorgan 11.0 8.2 6.5

Source: Censuses of Employment.

1Jobcentre based information; 1968 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), Order XX; this differs from the 1980 SIC, for instance, in including open-cast coal mining operations.

2'Ward-based information; 1980 SIC Division 5.

Note: Jobcentre and ward-based aggregates are not strictly comparable. The former are based on an amalgamation of Jobcentre areas which may not be coterminous with the county boundary and, unlike the ward-based aggregate, they include no allowance fo non response and duplication in census returns.

rate support grant for Torfaen borough council, in respect of that authority's expenditure for the monitoring of ReChem International Plc.

Mr. Grist

No. Expenditure disregards are relevant only in circumstances in which expenditure guidance has been issued in respect of a rate support grant settlement which includes targets and penalties. The settlements since 1986–87 do not include such arrangements.

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