HC Deb 29 January 1992 vol 202 c581W
Mr. Michael

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each of the last four years, each company or organisation which has(a) shed jobs or (b) closed a unit in Pembrokeshire, together with the number of jobs involved in each case; and what action he has taken to counteract the effects of those specific job losses in each case.

Mr. David Hunt

The number of confirmed redundancies for the last four years for the Haverfordwest, Fishguard and South Pembrokeshire travel-to-work areas are: 113 (1988), 106 (1989), 295 (1990) and 166 in 1991. The details of the individual companies cannot be provided for reasons of confidentiality.

Unemployment rates for the three travel-to-work areas were as follows in December 1985 and December 1991:

December 1985 Percentage December 1991 Percentage
South Pembrokeshire 20.1 14.8
Haverfordwest 16.8 11.1
Fishguard 14.6 9.2

There is a wide range of measures available through my Department and the other agencies to assist those who are unemployed and to stimulate job creation.

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