§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the changes in the incidence of unemployment in(a) Wales and (b) the area covered by the valleys programme in each of the past 30 months for which figures are available.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe information is contained in the following table:
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Unemployment in the programme for the Valleys area and Wales Valleys Wales Total Absolute monthly change Total Absolute monthly change 1988 November 30,354 — 115,768 — December 30,292 -62 114,533 -1,235
Valleys Wales Total Absolute monthly change Total Absolute monthly change 1989 January 30,963 671 116,245 1,712 February 29,812 -1,151 112,044 -4,201 March 29,095 -717 107,696 -4,348 April 28,543 -552 103,188 -4,508 May 27,411 -1,132 97,818 -5,370 June 26,279 -1,132 92,804 -5,014 July 26,291 12 93,272 468 August 25,714 -577 91,113 -2,159 September 25,928 214 90,594 -519 October 24,091 -1,837 86,514 -4,080 November 23,296 -795 85,658 -856 December 23,677 381 87,161 1,503 1990 January 24,764 1,087 90,349 3,188 February 24,183 -581 88,851 -1,498 March 23,797 -386 86,638 -2,213 April 23,474 -323 84,557 -2,081 May 22,922 -522 81,194 -3,363 June 22,417 -505 79,103 -2,091 July 23,146 729 83,202 4,099 August 23,330 184 84,609 1,407 September 23,647 317 85,858 1,249 October 23,411 -236 86,030 172 November 24,052 641 89,923 3,893 December 25,559 1,507 95,662 5,739 1991 January 27,077 1,518 101,452 5,790 February 27,746 669 104,889 3,437 March 28,995 1,249 108,049 3,160 April 30,309 1,314 110,504 2,455 May 30,274 -35 110,237 -267 Source: Employment Department.