To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimates his Department has made of the number of companies currently on short-time working; and how many employees are affected by such short-time working. [37512]

The latest available information for Wales is published in table 1.13 of the Employment Gazette, September 1995, which indicates that an estimated 300 operatives in manufacturing in Wales were affected by short-time working in June 1995. Information on the number of companies affected is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in employment (a) male full-time, (b) male part-time, (c) female full-time and (d) female part-time in Mid Glamorgan and Wales; and what were the figures in (i) 1965, (ii) 1971 and (iii) 1979. [37515]

The latest available information, which is for 1993, is published in table 4 on page 375 of the Employment Gazette, October 1995, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Data for 1971 and 1978 are available from the NOMIS database which can be accessed by the staff of the Library. Comparable information for 1965 and 1979 is not available.