HC Deb 02 December 1996 vol 286 c541W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many(a) men and (b) women are unemployed in (i) Wales and (ii) Flintshire. [5303]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

There were 74,279 men and 22,345 women on the claimant unemployment count in Wales in October 1996. The corresponding figures for Flintshire were 2,710 and 934 respectively.