asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will analyse the 30,000 jobs saved in Wales by the Government's counter-unemployment measures, indicating under which scheme these jobs have been saved, the cost of saving them, and for what length of time assistance is available under each scheme.
The number of workers in Wales who have benefited under the Government's special measures to alleviate the worst effects of unemployment now totals over 36,000. This is made up as follows:
An industrial breakdown by region for the whole of Great Britain as at the 31st March 1977 is set out below. More up to date figures will be available after the end of June.A separate scheme operates in Northern Ireland and is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
| NUMBER OF WORKERS IN APPROVED APPLICATIONS BY INDUSTRY AND BY REGION—18TH AUGUST 1975–31ST MARCH1977 | |||||||||||
Northern Region
| Yorkshire and Humberside
| South East
| South West
| Wales
| Midlands Region
| North Western
| Scotland
| Totals
| |||
| 1. | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing | … | 70 | 60 | 133 | 40 | 396 | 145 | 26 | 622 | 1,492 |
| 2. | Mining and Quarrying | … | 223 | 50 | — | 1,195 | 159 | 64 | 160 | 10 | 1,861 |
| 3. | Food, Drink and Tobacco | … | 113 | 1,161 | 690 | 785 | 378 | 165 | 717 | 1,544 | 5,553 |
| 4. | Coal and Petroleum Products | … | — | — | — | — | — | 230 | — | — | 230 |
| 5. | Chemicals and Allied Industries | … | 38 | 986 | 450 | — | 361 | 70 | 763 | 13 | 2,681 |
| 6. | Metal Manufacture | … | 35 | 80 | 120 | 216 | 453 | 1,075 | 801 | 415 | 3,195 |
| 7. | Mechanical Engineering | … | 886 | 912 | 2,087 | 886 | 549 | 1,488 | 1,849 | 1,490 | 10,147 |
| 8. | Instrument Engineering | … | — | 50 | 255 | 621 | 42 | 123 | 180 | 416 | 1,687 |
| 9. | Electrical Engineering | … | 664 | 2,127 | 2,288 | 347 | 1,773 | 2,926 | 2,187 | 1,524 | 13,836 |
| 10. | Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering | … | 40 | 369 | 1,405 | 176 | 10 | — | 828 | 1,236 | 4,064 |
| 11. | Vehicles | … | 40 | 230 | 101 | 21 | 316 | 3,263 | 597 | 548 | 5,116 |
| 12. | Metal Goods not elsewhere specified | … | 270 | 423 | 1,041 | 111 | 883 | 2,872 | 3,087 | 723 | 9,410 |
| 13. | Textiles | … | 2,967 | 5,307 | 204 | 1,503 | 2,787 | 14,167 | 19,803 | 6,126 | 52,864 |
| 14. | Leather, Leather Goods and Fur | … | 243 | 759 | 883 | 20 | 91 | 154 | 688 | 635 | 3,473 |
| 15. | Clothing and Footwear | … | 6,660 | 7,741 | 6,173 | 1,176 | 4,673 | 10,555 | 17,503 | 9,557 | 64,038 |
| 16. | Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. | … | 92 | 80 | 20 | 334 | 450 | 2,515 | 890 | 523 | 4,904 |
| 17. | Timber, Furniture, etc. | … | 839 | 780 | 1,493 | 594 | 531 | 1,141 | 1,352 | 434 | 7,164 |
| 18. | Paper, Printing and Publishing | … | 92 | 394 | 6,797 | 1,505 | 359 | 757 | 1,796 | 759 | 12,459 |
| 19. | Other Manufacturing Industries | … | 320 | 213 | 151 | 307 | 1,387 | 447 | 1,505 | 507 | 4,837 |
| 20. | Construction | … | 400 | 742 | 1,507 | 1,161 | 139 | 1,066 | 907 | 1,091 | 7,013 |
| 21. | Gas, Electricity and Water | … | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | 20 |
| 22. | Transport and Communication | … | 20 | 131 | 301 | 60 | 56 | 295 | 466 | 114 | 1,443 |
| 23. | Distributive Trades | … | 84 | 493 | 1,027 | 534 | 177 | 1,028 | 1,742 | 747 | 5,832 |
| 24. | Insurance. Banking, Finance and Business Services | … | — | 30 | 10 | 22 | — | 90 | 97 | 29 | 278 |
| 25. | Professional and Scientific Services | … | — | — | 124 | 43 | — | 20 | 27 | 48 | 262 |
| 26. | Miscellaneous Services | … | 80 | 237 | 2,403 | 681 | 411 | 559 | 776 | 241 | 5,388 |
| 27. | Public Administration and Defence | … | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | … | 14,176 | 23,355 | 29,663 | 12,338 | 16,381 | 45,235 | 58,747 | 29,352 | 229,247 | |