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Mr. Watkins
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons employed at each of the Remploy factories in Wales; and what increases or decreases there have been in the numbers employed, as compared with two years ago.
Mr. Watkinson
The number of severely disabled persons employed at each of the Remploy factories in Wales at the 25th May, 1954 (the latest date for which the information is available), and the increases or decreases as compared with the numbers employed two years ago are:
| Name of Factory | Number of severely disabled persons employed at 25.5.54 | Increase (+) or decrease (-) as compared with the number at 19.5.52 |
| Abertillery | 72 | +14 |
| Blackwood | 58 | -8 |
| Bridgend | 177 | +6 |
| Brynamman | 56 | +3 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 119 | -7 |
| Neath | 44 | +14 |
| Pentre | 62 | +1 |
| Porth | 86 | -9 |
| Swansea | 106 | -1 |
| Tonyrefail | 79 | -1 |
| Treforest | 123 | -19 |
| (includes 14 homeworkers) | ||
| Wrexham | 62 | -2 |
| Ystradgynlais | 45 | -8 |
| Total | 1,089 | -15 |