HC Deb 02 December 1996 vol 286 cc534-5W
15. Mr. Jacques Arnold

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on levels of unemployment in Wales. [5222]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

In October 1996, the seasonally adjusted number of persons on the claimant unemployment count in Wales fell below 100,000 for the first time since January 1991. Unemployment in Wales has fallen by 26 per cent. since December 1992.