Employment Statistics

Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing for January, July and September of each of the past 10 years the unemployment level for each employment office area in Gwynedd.

The information is as follows:

	1976
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	490	453	461
Holyhead	1,043	1,039	1.038
Llangefni	747	652	626
Beaumaris	289	237	253
Pwllheli	755	354	489
Penygroes	280	218	201
Porthmadog	480	284	283
Caernarfon	1,124	877	856
Bangor	1,160	829	805
Bethesda	246	204	180
Conwy	612	511	570
Llanrwst^*	252	233	203
Blaenau Ffestiniog	370	239	283
Barmouth	331	145	162
Machynlleth^*	153	146	152
Llangollen^*	550	385	420
Llandudno	603	364	421
^* Part only in Gwynedd.
^†Figures now included in Bangor.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

	1977
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	499	354	409
Holyhead	1,002	968	1,104
Llangefni	751	626	675
Beaumaris	271	262	285
Pwllheli	685	428	463
Penygroes	201	179	216
Porthmadog	451	283	327
Caernarfon	814	743	877
Bangor	721	710	968
Bethesda	181	148	187
Conwy	646	483	550
Llanrwst^*	233	205	216
Blaenau Ffestiniog	310	216	272
Barmouth	315	195	210
Machynlleth^*	181	158	162
Llangollen^*	462	424	432
Llandudno	695	405	411
^* Part only in Gwynedd.
^†Figures now included in Bangor.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors. ceased.

	1978
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	445	431	432
Holyhead	1,095	1,201	1,229
Llangefni	722	622	600
Beaumaris	283	272	229
Pwllheli	736	460	456
Penygroes	252	191	200

	1978
Employment office area	January	July	September
Porthmadog	485	282	297
Caernarfon	879	915	854
Bangor	872	989	889
Bethesda	177	161	184
Conwy	574	473	438
Llanrwst^*	255	174	151
Blaenau Ffestiniog	288	261	248
Barmouth	313	147	211
Machynlleth^*	154	126	128
Llangollen^*	444	381	406
Llandudno	738	415	373
^* Part only in Gwynedd.
^†Figures now included in Bangor.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

	1979
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	427	381	357
Holyhead	1,118	1,196	1,073
Llangefni	671	595	591
Beaumaris	263	203	218
Pwllheli	621	372	378
Penygroes	238	196	202
Porthmadog	417	275	309
Caemarfon	923	756	745
Bangor	879	996	908
Bethesda	212	165	161
Conwy	507	532	424
Llanrwst^*	216	127	135
Blaenau Ffestiniog	300	170	159
Barmouth	259	114	135
Machynlleth^*	156	106	115
Llangollen^*	434	307	288
Llandudno	661	331	367
^* Part only in Gwynedd.
^†Figures now included in Bangor.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area. which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

	1980
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	394	435	497
Holyhead	1,145	1,368	1,330
Llangefni	666	605	700
Beaumaris	249	218	230
Pwllheli	589	437	520
Penygroes	225	230	256
Porthmadog	515	293	355
Caemarfon	766	1,176	1,216
Bangor	871	1,144	1,167
Bethesda	181	207	214
Conwy	510	564	562
Llanrwst^*	218	166	190
Blaenau Ffestiniog	282	216	233
Barmouth	268	188	219
Machynlleth^*	137	122	132
Llangollen^*	368	343	396
Llandudno	665	369	465
^* Part only in Gwynedd.
^†Figures now included in Bangor.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area. which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

	1981
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	598	634	690
Holyhead	1,431	1,623	1,753
Llangefni	918	1,019	1,073
Beaumaris	331	346	386
Pwllheli	837	547	620
Penygroes	330	374	419
Porthmadog	614	390	464
Caernarfon	1,473	1,438	1,502
Bangor	1,284	1,452	1,625
Bethesda	282	309	319
Conwy	695	694	818
Llanrwst^*	325	284	324
Blaenau Ffestiniog	359	312	348
Barmouth	398	328	327
Machynlleth^*	193	185	215
Llangollen^*	512	572	628
Llandudno	807	582	649
^* Part only in Gwynedd.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

	1982
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	683	674	695
Holyhead	1,898	1,847	1,921
Llangefni	1,205	1,056	1,136
Beaumaris	404	338	335
Pwllheli	1,011	662	744
Penygroes	436	399	468
Porthmadog	683	418	497
Caernarfon	1,700	1,642	1,679
Bangor	1,607	1,542	1,855
Bethesda	358	368	318
Conwy	882	840	815
Llanrwst^*	439	304	304
Blaenau Ffestiniog	406	330	347
Barmouth	482	387	389
Machynlleth^*	264	245	308
Llangollen^*	708	604	651
Llandudno	1,049	631	739
^* Part only in Gwynedd.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

	1983
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	995	899	1,009
Holyhead	2,243	1,943	2,153
Llangefni	686	605	660
Beaumaris	623	569	590
Pwllheli	910	612	625
Penygroes	514	468	491
Porthmadog	760	429	495
Caernarfon	1,966	1,651	1,759
Bangor	1,264	1,183	1,233
Bethesda	368	327	316
Conwy	908	762	779
Llanrwst^*	383	252	270
Blaenau Ffestiniog	407	299	319
Barmouth	524	395	410
Machynlleth^*	307	225	237
Llangollen^*	725	655	708
Llandudno	1,175	752	835
^* Part only in Gwynedd.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

	1984
Employment office area	January	July	September
Amlwch	738	748	835
Holyhead	2,029	1,883	2,116
Llangefni	1,056	1,004	1,126
Beaumaris	697	651	731
Pwllheli	928	623	861
Penygroes	489	424	476
Porthmadog	668	437	569
Caernarfon	1,864	1,688	1,835
Bangor	1,569	1,665	1,833
Bethesda	489	^†	^†
Conwy	954	859	949
Llanrwst^*	371	261	290
Blaenau Ffestiniog	401	338	388
Barmouth	537	473	537
Machynlleth^*	269	252	284
Llangollen^*	749	672	750
Llandudno	1,177	841	964
^* Part only in Gwynedd.
^†Figures now included in Bangor.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

Employment office area	1985 January
Amlwch	818
Holyhead	2,114
Llangefni	1,203
Beaumaris	726
Pwllheli	1,079
Penygroes	578
Porthmadog	641
Caernarfon	2,044
Bangor	1,826
Bethesda	^†
Conwy	1,074
Llanrwst^*	422
Blaenau Ffestiniog	445
Barmouth	726
Machynlleth^*	316
Llangollen^*	812
Llandudno	1,335
^* Part only in Gwynedd.
^†Figures now included in Bangor.

Up to October 1982 figures are registrant based, after that date they are claimant based.

In June 1985 the production of figures aggregated by Jobcentre area, which were defined in terms of post code sectors, ceased.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table indicating for September the average unemployment rate for all development areas and assisted areas, respectively, in Wales, and if he will list those travel-to-work areas within ordinary assisted areas whose unemployment rate is higher than those of development areas.

On 12 September 1985 the number of claimants unemployed in development areas and intermediate areas in Wales totalled 74,479 and 97,956 respectively, giving rates of 19·8 per cent. and 17·0 per cent.; there were two travel-to-work areas with intermediate area status whose rates were higher than the average rate for the development areas, Fishguard (21·9 per cent.) and Bangor and Caernarfon (19·9 per cent.).

Volume 84: debated on Monday 21 October 1985