HC Deb 10 February 1993 vol 218 cc635-6W
Mr. Barry Jones

To 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 Hunt

The available information is presented in the following table:

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 Jones

To 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 Hunt

The 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 Jones

To 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 Hunt

According 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 Carlile

To 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 Hunt

The 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.