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Mr. Wardell
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of persons registered as unemployed had been unemployed for more than 52 weeks in each employment office area in West Glamorgan in October 1982 and October 1979.
Mr. Nicholas Edwards
The information is as follows:
| Employment Office Area | October 1979 per cent. | October 1982 per cent. |
| Cymmer | 36·6 | 47·9 |
| Gorseinon | 19·8 | 38·5 |
| Morriston | 20·0 | 33·5 |
| Neath | 17·7 | 36·8 |
| Pontardawe | 22·3 | 38·4 |
| Port Talbot | 23·9 | 37·3 |
| Resolven | 26·2 | 40·4 |
| Swansea | 25·9 | 46·3 |
| Ystradgynlais | 13·9 | 26·2 |