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Welsh Office

Answer

Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the current economic inactivity rates are for each (a) county and (b) constituency in Wales. [59580] Mr. Hain: It is estimated from the Labour Force Survey that 26 per cent. of the working age population in Wales were economically inactive in the period July-September 1998. The corresponding rate for all people aged 16 or over was 42 per cent. The latest economic inactivity rates for each unitary authority in Wales are for 1996 and are shown in the following table. Inactivity rates are not available at a constituency level. Economic inactivity rates by unitary authority, 1996 {1} Percentage, not seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Economic inactivity rate{2} Unitary authority All aged 16+ All aged 16-59/64 Blaenau Gwent 49 33 Bridgend 35 21 Caerphilly 46 32 Cardiff 36 20 Carmarthenshire 44 25 Ceredigion 41 21 Conwy 46 25 Denbighshire 49 24 Flintshire 37 21 Gwynedd 43 25 Isle of Anglesey 50 31 Merthyr Tydfil 41 28 Monmouthshire 38 22 Neath Port Talbot 46 33 Newport 37 25 Pembrokeshire 39 24 Powys 36 18 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 46 31 Swansea 46 28 The Vale of Glamorgan 42 24 Torfaen 34 19 Wrexham 43 26 Wales 42 25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Data relate to the period March 1996-February 1997 {2} Total economically inactive as a percentage of all persons in the relevant age group Source: Labour Force Survey 1996 Local Authority Database, Office for National Statistics

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

319 c535-6W; 59580

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Wales Unemployment

Contains statistics

Yes