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Labour Statistics

Volume 178: debated on Monday 29 October 1990

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18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many men were in employment, and how many women were in full-time employment in June 1979 and the latest date for which figures are available in (a) Wales and (b) Mid Glamorgan.

In June 1979 there were 618,000 male and 250,000 female employees in full-time employment in Wales. By June 1990, the latest date available, these figures were 527,000 and 273,000 respectively. County data are not available for the period requested but in June 1991) in Wales the civilian work force in employment stood at a record 1,236,000.