To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children were living in workless households in each local authority area in Wales in each of the past 10 years. [81331]
The only available information, as given in the following table, is based on the 1991 Census of Population and the 1997 Welsh Household Interview Survey, the latter being a sample survey and subject to sampling error. The two sources are not wholly comparable, but can be used as an indication of the relative numbers by authority in each year.
Information on the basis of a diagnosis is not centrally available. The only available information, as given in the table, is based on the 1991 Census of Population and the 1997 Welsh Household Interview Survey, the latter being a sample survey and subject to sampling error. The two sources are not wholly comparable, but can be used as an indication of the relative numbers by authority in each year.
| Children living in workless households, by authority | ||
| Dependent children in households with no adult in employment | Dependent children in households with no one of working age in work | |
| 1991 census of population | 1997 Welsh Household Interview Survey estimates1 | |
| Isle of Anglesey | 2,884 | 2,800 |
| Gwynedd | 3,937 | 5,500 |
| Conwy | 3,157 | 6,100 |
| Denbighshire | 2,917 | 4,100 |
| Flintshire | 4,193 | 6,800 |
| Wrexham | 4,874 | 6,500 |
| Powys | 2,690 | 3,800 |
| Ceredigion | 1,889 | 2,400 |
| Pembrokeshire | 4,726 | 6,700 |
| Carmarthenshire | 5,862 | 8,500 |
| Swansea | 11,264 | 14,400 |
Children living in workless households, by authority
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Dependent children in households with no adult in employment
| Dependent children in households with no one of working age in work
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1991 census of population
| 1997 Welsh Household Interview Survey estimates 1
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| Neath Port Talbot | 6,488 | 9,300 |
| Bridgend | 5,750 | 6,900 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 4,446 | 5,900 |
| Cardiff | 15,986 | 17,500 |
| Rhondda, Cynon, Taff | 13,131 | 16,600 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 4,266 | 6,700 |
| Caerphilly | 9,402 | 12,300 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 4,048 | 5,100 |
| Torfaen | 4,368 | 5,500 |
| Monmouthshire | 1,627 | 2,800 |
| Newport | 7,563 | 11,300 |
| Wales | 125,468 | 167,600 |
1 Figures do not add up exactly due to rounding | ||
Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.