§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the average weekly earnings(a) including and (b) excluding overtime for part-time workers in (i) Scotland, (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britain, broken down for men and women in manual employment and non-manual employment and for all workers; [85051]
(2) if he will list the percentage of workers on adult rates of pay in part-time employment whose hourly earnings (a) including and (b) excluding overtime pay are less than (i) £4.79, (ii) £6.38, (iii) £6.90 and (iv) £3.60 in (1) Scotland, (2) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (3) Great Britain, broken down by 142W (A) male manual, (B) male non-manual, (C) female manual, (D) female non-manual, (E) all manual, (F) all non-manual and (G) all workers. [85050]
§ Ms Hewitt[24 May 1999]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Michael Moore, dated 25 May 1999:
As the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent questions regarding earnings for part-time workers in Scotland, the Scottish local authorities and Great Britain.The New Earnings Survey (NES) can provide earnings data for small geographical areas. However, the release of NES data is restricted to figures which are derived from a sufficiently large sample of employees, and have an acceptable level of accuracy. I have provided the available data for Scotland, the Scottish local authorities and Great Britain in the attached tables. These are based on the 1998 NES, the latest survey for which data are available.The NES is based on a one per cent. sample of employees in the PAYE system and is therefore likely to under-represent relatively low paid staff earning below the tax threshold and in particular those who work part-time.I will arrange for a copy of this letter to be placed in the Library.