§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what recent estimate she has made of the total number of people receiving for full-time work less than £12 a week, less than £14 a week and less than £15 a week, respectively.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe latest information available is for 1967. Approximate estimates for men and women full-time employees in the United Kingdom earning less than the gross weekly amounts stated are:
Earning less than— Men Women £12 a week 400,000 2,900,000 £14 a week 1,100,000 3,500,000 £15 a week 1,700,000 3,700,000 The figures are derived from information provided by members of nearly 7,400 households which co-operated in the Family Expenditure Survey in 1967. They are subject to sampling error and have been rounded to the nearest 100,000. They relate to men aged 21 and over, and women 18 and over, who were at work and normally work for more than 30 hours a week.