asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the population aged between 16 and 64 years is engaged in paid employment in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, and Great Britain, respectively; and what are the figures for men and women in these categories.
The latest information for Merthyr Tydfil C.B. is from the 1966 Census of Population and relates to the economically active rather than those in paid employment. In 1966 the proportion of males aged 15 and over who were economically active was 78·6 per cent. in Merthyr Tydfil, 81·1 per cent. in Wales and 84·0 per cent. in Great Britain. The corresponding figures for females were 34·9 per cent. in Merthyr Tydfil, 33·4 per cent. in Wales and 42·2 per cent. in Great Britain.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of juveniles unemployed in the first
| Total number of young people registered as unemployed in February in each of the years 1967–72 | |||||||||
| Area | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | |||
| Merthyr Tydfil | … | … | … | 122 | 69 | 71 | 59 | 74 | 115 |
| Wales | … | … | … | 3,411 | 2,813 | 2,307 | 2,507 | 3,254 | 4,379 |
| Great Britain | … | … | … | 29,677 | 25,543 | 22,714 | 27,088 | 38,923 | 60,108 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average weekly manufacturing wage in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively; and in each case what was the amount for male workers and female workers, respectively.
The most recent earnings figures for manual workers are provided by the October, 1971, inquiry. This inquiry showed that the average weekly earnings of full-time male manual workers, aged 21 and over, in manufacturing industries were £32·25 in Wales and £31·45 in Great Britain. Figures for females for these areas are available only from the April New Earnings Surveys; in April, 1971, the average weekly earnings in manufacturing of full-time manual
| TOTAL NUMBERS REGISTERED AS UNEMPLOYED, INCLUDING WORKERS WHO WERE TEMPORARILY STOPPED, ANALYSED ACCORDING TO THE 1958 EDITION OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION UP TO FEBRUARY. 1969 AND THE 1968 EDITION FROM FEBRUARY, 1970 | ||||||
| Merthyr Tydfil | ||||||
| 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification | February, 1970 | February, 1971 | February, 1972 | |||
| Agriculture Forestry and Fishing | … | … | … | 41 | 36 | 60 |
| Mining and Quarrying | … | … | … | 74 | 62 | 83 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | … | … | … | 24 | 33 | 39 |
| Coal and Petroleum Products | … | … | … | 1 | 1 | — |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | … | … | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Metal Manufacture | … | … | … | 19 | 11 | 92 |
| Mechanical Engineering | … | … | … | 5 | 20 | 12 |
| Instrument Engineering | … | … | … | 5 | — | 2 |
| Electrical Engineering | … | … | … | 27 | 34 | 34 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | … | … | — | 1 | 1 |
| Vehicles | … | … | … | 21 | 15 | 129 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | … | … | 23 | 12 | 32 |
| Textiles | … | … | … | 4 | 10 | 11 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | … | … | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Clothing and Footwear | … | … | … | 9 | 14 | 25 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | … | … | … | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Timber Furniture, etc. | … | … | … | 3 | 16 | 3 |
| Paper Printing and Publishing | … | … | … | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Other Manufacturing Industries | … | … | … | 37 | 59 | 53 |
| Construction | … | … | … | 279 | 267 | 348 |
| Gas Electricity and Water | … | … | … | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| Transport and Communication | … | … | … | 25 | 19 | 46 |
| Distributive Trades | … | … | … | 8 | 79 | 128 |
| Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services | … | 8 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Professional and Scientific Services | … | … | … | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Miscellaneous Services | … | … | … | 32 | 19 | 46 |
| Public Administration and Defence | … | … | … | 23 | 30 | 27 |
| Not classified by Industry | … | … | … | 118 | 100 | 164 |
| All Industries and Services | … | … | … | 879 | 871 | 1,376 |
quarter of each year from 1967 to 1972 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively.
Following is the information:females, aged 18 and over, whose pay in the survey period was not affected by absence were about £15·2 in Wales and £15·7 in Great Britain.Corresponding figures are not available for individual local areas.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of persons unemployed, by industrial categories, in each year from 1967 to 1972 and in the first quarter of each of those years in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively.
The following table shows an industrial analysis of the numbers registered as unemployed at February each year from 1967 to 1972:
Wales
| ||||||
1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| February, 1970
| February, 1971
| February, 1972
| |||
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | … | … | … | 1,008 | 867 | 960 |
| Mining and Quarrying | … | … | … | 3,198 | 2,761 | 2,963 |
| Food Drink and Tobacco | … | … | … | 847 | 953 | 1,387 |
| Coal and Petroleum Products | … | … | … | 90 | 106 | 113 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | … | … | 383 | 523 | 1,257 |
| Metal Manufacture | … | … | … | 1,401 | 1,952 | 5,124 |
| Mechanical Engineering | … | … | … | 985 | 1,284 | 3,792 |
| Instrument Engineering | … | … | … | 118 | 129 | 314 |
| Electrical Engineering | … | … | … | 666 | 888 | 1,997 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | … | … | 247 | 216 | 241 |
| Vehicles | … | … | … | 499 | 527 | 2,699 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | … | … | 777 | 865 | 2,180 |
| Textiles | … | … | … | 412 | 527 | 2,856 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | … | … | 95 | 78 | 345 |
| Clothing and Footwear | … | … | … | 437 | 618 | 3,806 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | … | … | … | 514 | 456 | 1,360 |
| Timber, Furniture, etc. | … | … | … | 588 | 447 | 932 |
| Paper Printing and Publishing | … | … | … | 327 | 412 | 1,484 |
| Other Manufacturing Industries | … | … | … | 638 | 968 | 4,403 |
| Construction | … | … | … | 10,111 | 9,634 | 14,638 |
| Gas Electricity and Water | … | … | … | 469 | 472 | 738 |
| Transport and Communication | … | … | … | 2,191 | 2,420 | 3,300 |
| Distributive Trades | … | … | … | 3,802 | 3,988 | 5,337 |
| Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services | … | 660 | 725 | 815 | ||
| Professional and Scientific Services | … | … | … | 1,072 | 1,175 | 1,466 |
| Miscellaneous Services | … | … | … | 3,731 | 3,807 | 4,816 |
| Public Administration and Defence | … | … | … | 1,847 | 1,851 | 2,303 |
| Not classified by Industry | … | … | … | 4,093 | 4,409 | 5,350 |
| All Industries and Services | … | … | … | 41,206 | 43,058 | 76,976 |
Great Britain
| ||||||
1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| February, 1970
| February, 1971
| February, 1972
| |||
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | … | … | … | 17,870 | 18,259 | 21,610 |
| Mining and Quarrying | … | … | … | 24,975 | 22,579 | 23,759 |
| Food Drink and Tobacco | … | … | … | 20,565 | 26,086 | 53,396 |
| Coal and Petroleum Products | … | … | … | 1,604 | 1,522 | 4,306 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | … | … | 8,048 | 9,581 | 23,314 |
| Metal Manufacture | … | … | … | 13,446 | 20,682 | 93,379 |
| Mechanical Engineering | … | … | … | 19,733 | 29,113 | 116,077 |
| Instrument Engineering | … | … | … | 1,857 | 2,359 | 11,597 |
| Electrical Engineering | … | … | … | 12,947 | 19,479 | 53,798 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | … | … | 7,621 | 9,328 | 12,591 |
| Vehicles | … | … | … | 18,125 | 16,809 | 90,009 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | … | … | 13,239 | 18,990 | 112,318 |
| Textiles | … | … | … | 15,039 | 24,104 | 133,139 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | … | … | 1,452 | 1,751 | 6,809 |
| Clothing and Footwear | … | … | … | 6,897 | 8,815 | 70,699 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc | … | … | … | 9,267 | 11,599 | 45,513 |
| Timber Furniture, etc. | … | … | … | 9,094 | 10,157 | 24,355 |
| Paper Printing and Publishing | … | … | … | 8,454 | 11,668 | 31,999 |
| Other Manufacturing Industries | … | … | … | 7,456 | 11,252 | 38,082 |
| Construction | … | … | … | 130,302 | 131,126 | 164,488 |
| Gas Electricity and Water | … | … | … | 6,782 | 8,055 | 11,511 |
| Transport and Communication | … | … | … | 38,116 | 42,345 | 59,778 |
| Distributive Trades | … | … | … | 60,267 | 73,716 | 94,623 |
| Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services | … | 13,153 | 15,867 | 19,613 | ||
| Professional and Scientific Services | … | … | … | 16,584 | 19,089 | 25,197 |
| Miscellaneous Services | … | … | … | 62,776 | 67,214 | 90,620 |
| Public Administration and Defence | … | … | … | 28,773 | 31,227 | 38,346 |
| Not classified by Industry | … | … | … | 49,733 | 58,058 | 103,622 |
| All Industries and Services | … | … | … | 624,175 | 720,830 | 1,574,548 |
Merthyr Tydfil
| ||||||
1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| February, 1967
| February, 1968
| February, 1969
| |||
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | … | … | … | 37 | 38 | 45 |
| Mining and Quarrying | … | … | … | 50 | 80 | 70 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | … | … | … | 52 | 34 | 39 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | … | … | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Metal Manufacture | … | … | … | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| Engineering and Electrical Goods | … | … | … | 91 | 83 | 73 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | … | … | — | 1 | — |
| Vehicles | … | … | … | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | … | … | 28 | 16 | 20 |
| Textiles | … | … | … | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | … | … | — | 7 | 2 |
| Clothing and Footwear | … | … | … | 20 | 13 | 15 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | … | … | … | 10 | 3 | 6 |
| Timber Furniture etc. | … | … | … | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Paper Printing and Publishing | … | … | … | 4 | 6 | — |
| Other Manufacturing Industries | … | … | … | 63 | 41 | 32 |
| Construction | … | … | … | 284 | 313 | 344 |
| Gas, Electricity and Water | … | … | … | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Transport and Communication | … | … | … | 40 | 43 | 45 |
| Distributive Trades | … | … | … | 93 | 85 | 107 |
| Insurance, Banking and Finance | … | … | … | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Professional and Scientific Services | … | … | … | 12 | 12 | 16 |
| Miscellaneous Services | … | … | … | 50 | 38 | 37 |
| Public Administration | … | … | … | 31 | 28 | 21 |
| Persons not classified by industry (including Ex-Forces) | 98 | 109 | 125 | |||
| All Industries and Services | … | … | … | 1,003 | 990 | 1,069 |
Wales
| ||||||
1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| February, 1967
| February, 1968
| February, 1969
| |||
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | … | … | … | 878 | 915 | 934 |
| Mining and Quarrying | … | … | … | 1,861 | 2,450 | 3,457 |
| Food Drink and Tobacco | … | … | … | 906 | 906 | 822 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | … | … | 587 | 518 | 600 |
| Metal Manufacture | … | … | … | 1,829 | 1,380 | 1,265 |
| Engineering and Electrical Goods | … | … | … | 1,783 | 1,646 | 1,864 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | … | … | 567 | 370 | 264 |
| Vehicles | … | … | … | 1,290 | 543 | 479 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | … | … | 1,078 | 975 | 780 |
| Textiles | … | … | … | 435 | 431 | 411 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | … | … | 122 | 74 | 54 |
| Clothing and Footwear | … | … | … | 830 | 478 | 397 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | … | … | … | 457 | 458 | 461 |
| Timber, Furniture, etc. | … | … | … | 327 | 291 | 452 |
| Paper, Printing and Publishing | … | … | … | 259 | 305 | 293 |
| Other Manufacturing Industries | … | … | … | 958 | 734 | 582 |
| Construction | … | … | … | 9,622 | 9,816 | 10,272 |
| Gas, Electricity and Water | … | … | … | 258 | 324 | 391 |
| Transport and Communication | … | … | … | 2,911 | 2,871 | 2,489 |
| Distributive Trades | … | … | … | 4,240 | 4,239 | 3,800 |
| Insurance, Banking and Finance | … | … | … | 601 | 657 | 631 |
| Professional and Scientific Services | … | … | … | 963 | 1,088 | 1,043 |
| Miscellaneous Services | … | … | … | 4,410 | 4,327 | 3,984 |
| Public Administration | … | … | … | 1,628 | 1,829 | 1,840 |
| Persons not classified by industry (including Ex-Forces) | 3,755 | 3,979 | 3,923 | |||
| All Industries and Services | … | … | … | 42,555 | 41,604 | 41,488 |
Great Britain
| ||||||
1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| February, 1967
| February, 1968
| February, 1969
| |||
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | … | … | … | 17,034 | 17,817 | 17,508 |
| Mining and Quarrying | … | … | … | 8,737 | 14,252 | 26,300 |
| Food Drink and Tobacco | … | … | … | 17,591 | 18,864 | 17,940 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | … | … | 8,434 | 9,276 | 8,900 |
| Metal Manufacture | … | … | … | 18,629 | 17,295 | 12,466 |
| Engineering and Electrical Goods | … | … | … | 37,821 | 41,834 | 36,281 |
Great Britain
| ||||||
1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| February, 1967
| February, 1968
| February, 1969
| |||
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | … | … | 8,799 | 10,203 | 9,263 |
| Vehicles | … | … | … | 37,424 | 17,136 | 12,862 |
| Metal goods not elsewhere specified | … | … | … | 16,500 | 16,122 | 12,516 |
| Textiles | … | … | … | 24,664 | 14,922 | 11,522 |
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | … | … | 1,557 | 1,305 | 1,130 |
| Clothing and Footwear | … | … | … | 9,783 | 7,156 | 5,538 |
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | … | … | … | 8,345 | 8,337 | 7,745 |
| Timber Furniture etc. | … | … | … | 9,561 | 7,278 | 8,904 |
| Paper Printing and Publishing | … | … | … | 8,117 | 8,123 | 7,362 |
| Other Manufacturing Industries | … | … | … | 7,945 | 7,633 | 7,004 |
| Construction | … | … | … | 106,661 | 121,744 | 119,750 |
| Gas, Electricity and Water | … | … | … | 4,138 | 4,980 | 5,575 |
| Transport and Communication | … | … | … | 36,547 | 40,269 | 37,765 |
| Distributive Trades | … | … | … | 60,881 | 64,691 | 59,446 |
| Insurance, Banking and Finance | … | … | … | 9,537 | 10,397 | 10,533 |
| Professional and Scientific Services | … | … | … | 13,605 | 15,313 | 14,912 |
| Miscellaneous Services | … | … | … | 66,621 | 69,219 | 64,348 |
| Public Administration | … | … | … | 24,768 | 28,422 | 28,787 |
| Persons not classified by industry (including Ex-Forces) | 39,141 | 46,570 | 46,844 | |||
| All Industries and Services | … | … | … | 602,840 | 619,158 | 591,221 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what number of persons was employed, by industrial categories, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively, in each year from 1967 to 1972; and what were the figures for the first quarter in each of those years.
| ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED, ANALYSED ACCORDING TO THE 1958 EDITION OF THE STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION FOR JUNE, 1969(A) AND EARLIER DATES AND ACCORDING TO THE 1968 EDITION FOR JUNE, 1969(B) AND LATER DATES | ||||||||
| (Thousands) | ||||||||
| 1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification | Merthyr Tydfil | Wales | Great Britain | |||||
| June, 1969(b) | June, 1970 | June, 1969(b) | June, 1970 | June, 1971 | June, 1969(b) | June, 1970 | June, 1971 | |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. | 0·1 | * | 14·4 | 13·4 | 12·1 | 401·8 | 381·8 | 358·4 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 1·2 | 1·0 | 62·3 | 57·0 | 51·0 | 467·2 | 439·3 | 422·9 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | 0·6 | 0·5 | 20·8 | 22·3 | 22·8 | 865·5 | 879·6 | 862·6 |
| Coal and Petroleum Products. | 0·1* | 0·1* | 7·1 | 7·2 | 8·1 | 59·5 | 64·6 | 59·1 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries | 16·1 | 17·7 | 17·7 | 477·0 | 480·1 | 476·6 | ||
| Metal Manufacture | 94·6 | 92·2 | 88·2 | 595·4 | 603·0 | 576·8 | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 30·9 | 33·5 | 32·8 | 1,197·7 | 1,220·4 | 1,176·5 | ||
| Instrument Engineering | 4·1 | 4·1 | 3·6 | 151·0 | 155·7 | 160·5 | ||
| Electrical Engineering | 3·3 | 4·1 | 29·4 | 32·8 | 31·2 | 916·0 | 911·5 | 899·7 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. | 2·1* | 2·2* | 2·7 | 2·7 | 1·7 | 197·1 | 197·0 | 200·3 |
| Vehicles | 23·5 | 24·3 | 26·1 | 836·5 | 846·5 | 832·8 | ||
| Metal Goods not elsewhere specified. | 24·2 | 25·0 | 24·9 | 643·7 | 649·1 | 635·7 | ||
| Textiles | 19·1 | 19·6 | 20·5 | 705·8 | 680·7 | 633·9 | ||
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur. | 1·8 | 1·5 | 1·6 | 57·8 | 54·6 | 53·6 | ||
| Clothing and Footwear | 16·8 | 16·3 | 17·3 | 506·4 | 480·5 | 481·2 | ||
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | 11·0 | 10·7 | 11·5 | 351·7 | 344·2 | 335·5 | ||
| Timber, Furniture, etc. | 9·3 | 9·5 | 9·5 | 314·7 | 302·3 | 302·3 | ||
| Paper, Printing and Publishing. | 13·9 | 14·6 | 14·0 | 647·8 | 656·0 | 630·7 | ||
| Other Manufacturing Industries. | 18·7 | 21·5 | 20·3 | 353·2 | 358·3 | 354·4 | ||
Comprehensive employment estimates, analysed by industry, are available only for each mid-year. For Merthyr Tydfil the latest are for June, 1970. The following table shows midyear estimates of the numbers of all employees, employed and unemployed, up to June, 1970, for Merthyr Tydfil and up to June, 1971, for Wales and Great Britain:
1968 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| Merthyr Tydfil
| Wales
| Great Britain
| |||||
June, 1969(b) | June, 1970
| June, 1969(b) | June, 1970
| June, 1971
| June, 1969(b) 1970 | June, 1970
| June, 1971
| |
| Construction | 0·9 | 0·8 | 76·0 | 71·3 | 77·6 | 1,533·7 | 1,415·6 | 1,366·1 |
| Gas, Electricity and Water | 0·4 | 0·4 | 22·9 | 21·8 | 21·5 | 402·2 | 389·7 | 377·6 |
| Transport and Communication. | 0·5 | 0·4 | 64·9 | 65·0 | 65·2 | 1,584·0 | 1,599·7 | 1,604·3 |
| Distributive Trades | 1·7 | 1·4 | 101·3 | 95·9 | 95·4 | 2,750·0 | 2,702·0 | 2,648·1 |
| Insurance, Banking, Finance and Business Services. | 0·3 | 0·3 | 19·3 | 19·4 | 20·1 | 903·3 | 966·0 | 986·6 |
| Professional and Scientific Services. | 2·2 | 2·1 | 126·4 | 125·6 | 130·6 | 2,787·7 | 2,832·6 | 2,922·7 |
| Miscellaneous Services | 1·0 | 0·9 | 75·7 | 72·4 | 76·7 | 1,929·0 | 1,853·5 | 1,848·8 |
| Public Administration and Defence. | 0·8 | 1·2 | 66·0 | 66·4 | 63·9 | 1,402·2 | 1,416·3 | 1,445·6 |
| Not classified by Industry | 0·1 | 0·1 | 3·7 | 4·0 | 4·2 | 45·3 | 47·4 | 61·2 |
| Total, All industries and services. | 15·2 | 15·7 | 977·0 | 968·0 | 970·0 | 23,083·0 | 22,928·0 | 22,715·0 |
| For Merthyr Tydfil, separate figures are not shown either where the number of employees is less than 100 or where the information could reveal the numbers employed by individual firms. | ||||||||
1958 edition of the Standard Industrial Classification
| Merthyr Tydfil
| Wales
| Great Britain
| ||||||
June, 1967
| June, 1968
| June, 1969(a) | June, 1967
| June, 1968
| June, 1969(a) | June, 1967
| June, 1968
| June, 1969(a) | |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. | 0·1 | *
| 0·1 | 16·4 | 14·7 | 14·4 | 443·6 | 425·0 | 403·1 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 1·2 | 1·2 | 1·2 | 77·4 | 69·2 | 62·3 | 559·5 | 505·9 | 466·2 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | 0·7 | 0·7 | 0·6 | 21·5 | 21·0 | 20·1 | 839·4 | 823·0 | 833·7 |
| Chemicals and Allied Industries. | 0·1 | *
| *
| 26·3 | 24·8 | 25·0 | 523·0 | 505·8 | 524·3 |
| Metal Manufacture | 93·2 | 92·9 | 94·5 | 603·0 | 591·8 | 592·8 | |||
| Engineering and Electrical Goods. | 4·4 | 4·2 | 4·1 | 59·4 | 63·9 | 64·6 | 2,351·7 | 2,315·2 | 2,350·1 |
| Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. | 1·2* | 1·2* | 1·4* | 3·6 | 3·0 | 2·7 | 205·7 | 197·0 | 191·3 |
| Vehicles | 20·1 | 19·7 | 22·4 | 825·9 | 813·4 | 830·9 | |||
| Metal Goods not elsewhere specified. | 23·7 | 24·1 | 24·8 | 578·4 | 578·3 | 584·1 | |||
| Textiles | 17·2 | 17·8 | 19·1 | 715·2 | 701·3 | 713·9 | |||
| Leather, Leather Goods and Fur. | 1·7 | 1·8 | 1·8 | 57·3 | 56·8 | 57·2 | |||
| Clothing and Footwear | 15·7 | 15·6 | 16·8 | 506·0 | 497·6 | 501·5 | |||
| Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | 11·6 | 11·5 | 11·2 | 355·0 | 357·9 | 355·8 | |||
| Timber, Furniture, etc. | 7·6 | 9·3 | 9·2 | 307·4 | 326·9 | 314·7 | |||
| Paper, Printing and Publishing. | 12·6 | 13·0 | 13·7 | 639·4 | 641·2 | 647·9 | |||
| Other Manufacturing Industries. | 15·6 | 17·1 | 17·5 | 338·1 | 354·1 | 366·3 | |||
| Construction | 1·0 | 0·8 | 0·9 | 81·2 | 79·5 | 76·1 | 1,630·7 | 1,600·5 | 1,531·5 |
| Gas, Electricity and Water | 0·6 | 0·5 | 0·4 | 23·7 | 23·2 | 22·9 | 428·2 | 417·8 | 402·0 |
| Transport and Communication. | 0·6 | 0·6 | 0·4 | 70·7 | 68·8 | 65·4 | 1,633·8 | 1,615·9 | 1,577·2 |
| Distributive Trades | 2·1 | 1·8 | 1·7 | 100·0 | 97·8 | 95·6 | 2,850·8 | 2,828·1 | 2,762·8 |
| Insurance, Banking and Finance. | 0·1 | 0·2 | 0·2 | 16·5 | 16·6 | 16·8 | 656·5 | 674·6 | 700·3 |
| Professional and Scientific Services. | 1·9 | 2·2 | 2·2 | 118·1 | 124·6 | 126·3 | 2,632·7 | 2,702·6 | 2,775·4 |
| Miscellaneous Services | 1·2 | 1·1 | 1·1 | 80·2 | 84·0 | 78·3 | 2,161·0 | 2,148·8 | 2,147·5 |
| Public Administration | 1·4 | 0·8 | 0·8 | 69·4 | 67·5 | 65·9 | 1,412·9 | 1,427·8 | 1,407·0 |
| Not classified by industry | 0·1 | 0·1 | 0·1 | 3·7 | 3·9 | 3·7 | 38·3 | 44·5 | 45·3 |
| Total, All industries and services. | 16·7 | 15·5 | 15·2 | 987·0 | 985·0 | 971·0 | 23,293·0 | 23,152·0 | 23,083·0 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated total family income for Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively.
Average weekly household income in 1970 was £35·55 for Great Britain and £33·35 for Wales. I regret that a corresponding figure for Merthyr Tydfil cannot be given, as information for particular towns is not available.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of unemployed males is aged between 20 and 30, 30 and 40, 40 and 50, 50 and 64 years in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales and Great Britain, respectively, in the last period for which figures are available.
Following is the information:
| AT 10TH JANUARY, 1972, NUMBERS OF MALES REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED IN CERTAIN AGE GROUPS EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGES OF ALL MALES REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED | ||||
| Merthyr Tydfil | Wales | Great Britain | ||
| 20–29 years | … | 24·7 | 27·2 | 26·0 |
| 30–39 years | … | 17·7 | 16·3 | 17·2 |
| 40–49 years | … | 17·2 | 15·1 | 15·5 |
| 50–64 years | … | 26·0 | 29·2 | 30·1 |
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of persons notified as redundant from industry in each year from 1967 to 1972 in Merthyr Tydfil; and in which industries these redundancies occurred.
Following is the information:The number of workpeople notified to my Department as redundant in the Merthyr Tydfil travel-to-work area in the mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construction, and gas, electricity and water industries, was 79 in 1967; 328 in 1968; nil in 1969; 329 in 1970; 778 in 1971; and 74 up to 16th March, 1972. The industry groups affected are set out in the table below:—
| Year | Industry Group | Numbers redundant |
| 1967 | Food, drink and tobacco | 4 |
| Metal Manufacture | 11 | |
| Leather, leather goods and fur | 9 | |
| Other manufacturing industries | 55 |
| 1968 | Food, drink and tobacco | 100 |
| Instrument engineering | 181 | |
| Electrical engineering | 31 | |
| Textiles | 16 | |
| 1970 | Mechanical engineering | 40 |
| Instrument engineering | 52 | |
| Electrical engineering | 131 | |
| Other metal goods | 106 | |
| 1971 | Metal manufacture | 130 |
| Instrument engineering | 648 | |
| 1972 | Food, drink and tobacco | 74 |