HC Deb 08 July 1993 vol 228 cc263-4W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many and what percentage of(a) men between 16 and 65 years and (b) women between 16 and 60 years were recorded by the 1991 census in Wales as economically inactive;

(2) how many people, and what percentage of adults aged between 16 years and the pensionable age, were recorded by the 1991 census in Wales as economically inactive.

Mr. Redwood

The numbers and percentages of(a) males, (b) females and (c) adults in Wales aged between 16 years and the pensionable age recorded by the 1991 census as economically inactive are given in the table. "Economically Inactive" includes housewives, students and others who are making an important contribution to community life.

Notifications of food poisoning—(data are for weeks ending)
1993 January February March April May
8 January to 29 January 5 February to 26 February 5 March to 2 April 9 April to 30 April 7 May to 28 May
Clwyd 31 28 29 35 89
Dyfed 31 14 33 15 61
Gwent 20 19 38 28 32
Gwynedd 3 8 8 4 17
Mid Glamorgan 50 42 37 38 66
Powys 8 7 14 11 11
South Glamorgan 102 83 98 86 155
West Glamorgan 34 37 29 32 65
Wales 279 238 286 249 496
Economically inactive Percentage of resident population aged 16 to 59/64 per cent.
Males aged 16 to 64 164,933 18.8
Females aged 16 to 59 303,722 37.5
Persons aged 16 to 59/64 468,655 27.8

Source: Aggregated from 1991 Local Base Statistics.

Note: Information for age-groups 16 to 65 and 16 to 60 for men and women respectively are not available.