asked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the percentage unemployment rates, county by county, in Wales in September and October 1976.

Following is the information:

		September 1976 Per cent.	October 1976 Per cent.
Clwyd	…	9·9	9·8
Dyfed	…	8·2	8·6
Gwent	…	7·9	7·1
Gwynedd	…	10·3	11·1
Mid-Glamorgan	…	9·2	8·3
Powys	…	6·1	5·9
South Glamorgan	…	6·3	6·3
West Glamorgan	…	6·5	5·9

These figures are provisional.The percentage rates for both months have been calculated using for the denominater the latest information now available on the number of employees derived from the Census of Employment for 1975 and because of this the September figures differ slightly in certain instances from the figures previously published.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many redundancies have been notified in Wales in 1976.

Redundancies in Wales notified to the Secretary of State in 1976 from 1st January 1976 to 30th September 1976 total 21,875.Prior to 8th March 1976 redundancies were notified under voluntary arrangements operated by the Employment Service Agency. From 8th March 1976 the notification requirements under Section 100 of the Employment Protection Act have been in force.