Sea Fishing

HC Deb 26 January 1995 vol 253 cc377-8W

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people are currently employed in the

Full-time students at publicly funded institutions in Wales 1
	1991–92	1992–93	1993–942
	Total	Per cent. female	Total	Per cent. female	Total	Per cent. female
Further education courses3
Clwyd	4,441	55.5	4,957	51.5	6,054	50.3
Dyfed	3,210	56.0	3,344	55.7	3,757	54.1
Gwent	5,122	52.0	5,601	50.4	5,967	49.7
Gwynedd	1,975	55.4	2,292	53.2	2,609	52.4
Mid Glamorgan	4,635	54.8	5,185	53.9	5,609	52.6
Powys	1,033	58.7	974	54.8	970	58.0
South Glamorgan	3,566	54.6	3,535	53.5	4,570	50.8
West Glamorgan	5,758	50.2	5,928	50.8	5,921	51.1
Wales	29,740	53.8	31,816	52.5	35,453	51.6

sea fishing industry; what were the numbers in (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1990; and how many of the jobs were (i) on fishing vessels and (ii) ashore.

Mr. Richards

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given today by my hon. Friend the Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.