§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the number of new jobs created since 1 May 1997; and if he will make a statement. [80846]
§ Mr. Hain[pursuant to his reply, 20 April 1999, c. 502]: I regret that there was a computer error at the Office for National Statistics. Revised figures are as follows: Seasonally adjusted figures show that between March 1997 and December 1998 the number of employee jobs in Wales increased by 16,000 to 997,000.