HC Deb 09 July 1992 vol 211 c322W
Mr. Rowlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were in employment in each county in(a) 1978 and (b) 1989; and how many were in employment in Cardiff, Swansea, Camarthen, Llanelli, Newport, Bangor and Wrexham (i) in 1978 and (ii) in 1989.

Mr. David Hunt

Numbers of employees in employment are shown in the following tables:

County 11978 1989
Clwyd 127,767 139,458
Dyfed 105,438 102,867
Gwent 166,990 155,979
Gwynedd 69,789 76,955
Mid Glamorgan 186,192 164,989
Powys 29,708 40,638
South Glamorgan 168,689 179,009
West Glamorgan 160,762 126,778

Source: NOMIS, Employment Department.

1 Using approximations to county areas defined as the best-fit of jobcentre areas to each county.

1984 Job Centre TTWAs1 1978 1989
Cardiff 176,317 180,312
Swansea 103,327 90,814
Carmarthen 16,959 17,364
Llanelli 34,767 27,309
Newport 78,591 76,397
Bangor and Caernarfon 24,195 24,545
Wrexham 44,637 48,646

SourceNOMIS, Employment Department.

1 These areas are used for both years and are defined as the best-fit of jobcentre areas into 1984 travel-to-work areas.