§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people in each(a) district and (b) county in Wales are economically inactive; and what is the total number of people in Wales who are economically inactive.
§ Mr. David HuntIn the 1991 census the definition of economically inactive includes all those retired, permanently sick, students without a job in the week before the census and other inactive.
The information requested is given in the following table:
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Residents aged 16 or over economically inactive Alyn and Deeside 21,547 Colwyn 22,437 Delyn 21,450 Glyndwr 14,539 Rhuddlan 21,874 Wrexham Maelor 38,075 CLWYD 139,922 Carmarthen 19,821 Ceredigion 23,709 Dinefwr 15,188 Llanelli 30,082 Preseli Pembrokeshire 24,482 South Pembrokeshire 15,489 DYFED 128,771 Blaenau Gwent 29,014 Islwyn 23,159 Monmouth 24,694 Newport 43,991 Torfaen 30,684 GWENT 151,542 Aberconwy 20,497 Arfon 18,598 Dwyfor 10,774 Meirionnydd 12,218 Ynys Mon—Isle of Anglesey 25,079 GWYNEDD 87,166 Cynon Valley 24,882 Merthyr Tydfil 22,448 Ogwr 46,664 Rhondda 31,673 Rhymney Valley 36,131 Taff-Ely 30,084 MID GLAMORGAN 191,882 Brecknock 14,572 Montgomeryshire 16,950 Radnor 8,158 POWYS 39,680
Residents aged 16 or over economically inactive Cardiff 91,533 Vale of Glamorgan 36,785 SOUTH GLAMORGAN 128,318 Lliw Valley 22,645 Neath 24,865 Port Talbot 20,278 Swansea 67,136 WEST GLAMORGAN 134,924 TOTAL WALES 1,002,205