§ 19. Mr. Roy HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest unemployment figures(a) in numbers and (b) in percentage terms, for men and women in Wales; and what were the figures in February 1990.
§ Mr. David HuntThe seasonally adjusted numbers of male and female unemployed claimants in Wales are 78,200 and 21,900. The rates are 10.3 per cent. and 4.1 per cent. respectively. Comparable figures in February 1990 for men were 63,000 and 8.3 per cent. and for women 21,000 and 3.9 per cent.