HC Deb 06 December 1999 vol 340 c368W
Mr. Denzil Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of households in Wales were workless at the latest date for which figures are available. [98494]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The Labour Force Survey (Spring 1999) estimated the percentage of households in Wales of which no-one was in employment at 22 per cent.—based on households with at least one person of working age.