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Mr. Gwynfor Evans
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the average number of jobs for men in Wales in each of the years since 1960.
Mr. John Fraser
The following table shows the estimated number of employees in employment in Wales at June each year. The most recent mid-year figures at present available are for June 1973.
| Male employees in employment in Wales | |
| June 1960 | 669,000 |
| June 1961 | 672,000 |
| June 1962 | 668,000 |
| June 1963 | 669,000 |
| June 1964 (a) | 672,000 |
| (b) | 673,000 |
| June 1965 | 670,000 |
| June 1966 | 664,000 |
| June 1967 | 640,000 |
| June 1968 | 629,000 |
| June 1969 (a) | 618,000 |
| (b) | 620,000 |
| June 1970 | 608,000 |
| June 1971 (a) | 603,000 |
| (b) | 629,000 |
| June 1972 | 630,000 |
| June 1973 | 636,000 |
b) are based on a revised method of calculation and are not strictly comparable with those for June 1964( a) and earlier dates.
The estimates for June 1969( b) and later dates include improved information about the location of employees in the distributive trades.
The estimates for June 1971( a) and earlier dates are based on counts of national insurance cards. The figures for June 1971( b) are for the annual censuses of employment.