asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in Wales in March 1971, March 1972 and December 1973, respectively.
The current series of employment statistics for Wales is based on censuses of employment and information is available only for each mid-year. At June 1971 and June 1972 the numbers were 962,000 and 973,000, respectively. Information for June 1973 is not yet available.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were made redundant in Wales in 1971, 1972 and 1973.
According to notifications of redundancy received in my Department the total numbers of workpeople recorded as due to become redundant in Wales were 14,960 in 1971; 11,290 in 1972; and 4,350 in 1973. The figures for 1973 are provisional at this stage.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been announced in Wales since June 1970; and if he will give a breakdown of these figures between the different travel-to-work areas.
During the period 1st June 1970 to 30th January 1974 inclusive redundancies have been notified to my Department in Wales involving the following numbers of workpeople in the different travel-to-work and local office areas:
| Chepstow | 210 |
| Monmouth | Nil |
| Pontypool | 3,520 |
| Newport | 3,600 |
| Abertillery | 5,140 |
| (*4,500 Ebbw Vale) | |
| Cardiff | 9,300 |
| (*4,600 East Moors) | |
| Bargoed | 1,460 |
| Pontypridd | 4,790 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 1,290 |
| Aberdare | 890 |
| Swansea | 2,860 |
| Neath | 2,420 |
| Ammanford | 1,100 |
| Llanelli | 2,050 |
| Port Talbot | 2,530 |
| Carmarthen | 230 |
| Fishguard | Nil |
| Haverfordwest | 100 |
| Llandeilo | Nil |
| Milford Haven | 50 |
| Pembroke Dock | 340 |
| Tenby | Nil |
| Barmouth | 50 |
| Blaenau Ffestiniog | 310 |
| Brecon | Nil |
| Llandrindod Wells | 100 |
| Machynlleth | 10 |
| Newtown | 50 |
| Welshpool | 220 |
| Towyn | Nil |
| Aberystwyth | 10 |
| Cardigan | 10 |
| Lampeter | 20 |
| Anglesey | 660 |
| Caernarvon | 720 |
| Porthmadog | 250 |
| Llandudno | 140 |
| Wrexham | 2,930 |
| Shotton | 6,890 |
| (*6,000) | |
| Rhyl | 390 |
| Colwyn Bay | 200 |
| Denbigh | 220 |
| Llangollen | 80 |
| Total | 54,940 |
| Note. The above figures have been rounded, and therefore the final total is not the same as the total of the original figures. | |
| *Included figures of BSC long-term redundancies announced in proposals of 1972, and totalling 15,100. | |