§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were employed in the coal industry in(a) Wales and (b) Clwyd in (i) deep mining and (ii) opencast mining in 1980, 1990 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. David HuntThe available information is presented in the following table:
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Number employed in coal mining 1980 1990 1992 Wales Deep-mined 30,842 4,669 1,293 Opencast 2,265 1,221 1,311 Clwyd Deep-mined 1,322 587 437
1980 1990 1992 North Wales1 Opencast1 165 21 11 1 Separate figures for Clwyd are not available. Source: British Coal.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were employed in the steel industry in(a) Wales and (b) Clwyd in 1980, 1989 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. David HuntThe number of people employed in the steel industry in Wales in 1980, 1989 and 1992 were 32,200, 19,400 and 16,500 respectively. Comparable figures for Clwyd cannot be given, as to do so would breach rules of company confidentiality.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were employed in the aerospace industry in(a) Clwyd and (b) Wales in 1980, 1990 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. David HuntAccording to the census of employment, in September 1981 there were 6,500 people employed in the aerospace industry in Wales. In the latest available census, in September 1989, this figure had risen to 9,300.
Figures at county level cannot be given, as to do so would breach rules of company confidentiality.
§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many construction workers are currently unemployed in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. David HuntThe sample size for the labour force survey is not sufficiently large to allow a reliable estimate of unemployment by region and by previous industrial sector.