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Cardiff, Barry And Penarth

Volume 718: debated on Thursday 4 November 1965

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asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of unemployed persons in the employment exchanges at Cardiff, Barry and Penarth, respectively; and if he will supply the figures in the categories, male and female, persons in the age groups 55 to 59, and 60 to 65 years of age, respectively.

The numbers of persons registered as unemployed at the Cardiff, Barry and Penarth Employment

Aged 55 to 59Aged 60 to 64Aged 65 and overTotal aged 15 and over
MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
Cardiff151193249141,630275
Barry311168517321149
Penarth108369820

asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of disabled persons registered at the employment exchanges at Cardiff, Barry and Penarth.

At 19th April, 1965 the latest date for which information is available, the numbers of persons registered under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944, at the Cardiff, Barry and Penarth Employment Exchanges were 4,797, 590, and 200 respectively. At 11th October, 1965, the numbers of disabled persons registered as unemployed at the three Employment Exchanges were 425, 70 and 14 respectively.