§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish his estimate of the numbers and percentage of workers covered by wages councils whose earnings are at or near the statutory minimum rate for each wages council at the latest convenient date;
(2) if he will publish his estimate of the percentage of adult males in wages council firms whose earnings are at or near the statutory minimum rate for each wages council at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerIt is regretted that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the current statutory minimum rate for an adult male in each wages council.
§ Mr. John GrantThe weekly statutory minima specified for adult "other 363W workers" in intermediate provincial
Wages Council Basic Minimum Earnings Supplement Other additions £ £ £ Aerated Waters (England and Wales) … 18.35 6.00 £4.40 cost of living Aerated Waters (Scotland) … 28.65 — — Boot and Shoe Repairing … 24.00 6.00 — Button Manufacturing … 22.40 — — Coffin Furniture and Cerement-making … 19.60 5.80 — Corset … 22.90 6.00 — Cotton Waste Reclamation … 23.20 2.60† — Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) … 22.90 6.00 — Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) … 21.90 — — Flax and Hemp … 28.78 — — Fur … 25.00 — — General Waste Materials Reclamation … 25.20 * — Hairdressing Undertakings … 19.35 * — Hat, Cap and Millinery … 22.21 4.50‡ — Industrial and Staff Canteen Undertakings … 21.50 — — Lace Finishing … 22.80 * — Laundry … 22.00 5.90 — Licensed Non-residential Establishment … 19.95 6.00 — Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant … 27.50 — — Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household goods etc. … 23.40 — — Made-up Textiles … 21.20 6.00 — Milk Distributive (Scotland) … 27.10 — £2.80 cost of living Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower … 24.40 — — Perambulator and Invalid Carriage … 27.00 6.00 — Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap Fastener … 25.50 6.00 — Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring … 22.92 6.00 — Retail Bespoke Tailoring (England and Wales) … 24.53 5.20 — Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Scotland) … 22.00 5.00 — Retail Bookselling and Stationery … 25.50 — — Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (England and Wales) … 24.25 — — Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (Scotland) … 23.60 — — Retail Drapery, Outfitting and Footwear … 25.60 * — Retail Food (England and Wales) … 25.70 — — Retail Food (Scotland) … 25.00 — — Retail Furnishing and Allied Trades … 26.50 — — Retail News, Tobacco and Confectionery (England and Wales) 24.20 * — Retail News, Tobacco and Confectionery (Scotland) … 21.35 5.80 — Road Haulage … 21.66 6.00 £3.20 cost of living Rope, Twine and Net … 25.60 * — Rubber Proofed Garment Making … 21.49 6.00 — Sack and Bag … 24.00 * — Shirtmaking … 22.70 6.00 — Toy Manufacturing … 22.80 * — Unlicensed Place of Refreshment … 21.92 * — Wholesale Mantle and Costume … 22.92 6.00 — * These councils propose introducing an earnings supplement 12 months from the last principal increase. † Plus £2.60 from 28th July 1976. ‡ Plus £1.50 from 1st July 1976.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adult males have gross earnings for a 40-hour week of (a) £25 to £30, (b) £31 to £35 and (c) £36 to £40 at the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerInformation is not available in the precise form requested. However, the New Earnings Survey indicates that the following proportions of full-time men had earnings in
364Wareas, where area rates are set, are:
the specified ranges in April 1975. The estimates relate to men aged 21 and over in all manual and non-manual occupations and to gross weekly earnings excluding overtime pay. They are subject to sampling error.
Range of earnings Aproximate percentage £25 to £30 2 £31 to £35 6 £36 to £40 10