§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a comprehensive list of all wages council agreements at national or company level covering more than 5,000 workers, giving the approximate number of workers covered and the approximate number of companies or establishments, where appropriate.
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§ Mr. John GrantFollowing is a list of minimum remuneration laid down by those wages councils covering 5,000 or more workers. These rates apply nationally, but companies may make their
Council Total statutory minimum remuneration 1st February 1978 Number of establishments listed at 1st October 1977 Estimated number of workers 1st December 1975 £ Aerated Waters (England and Wales) … … … 31.25 615 18,000 Boot and Shoe Repairing … … … … … 32.50 2,898 10,000 Corset … … … … … … … 31.40 175 16,000 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) … … … … … … … 31.40 7,157 125,000 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) … 30.40 479 9,000 Fur … … … … … … … … 27.50 650 7,000 General Waste Materials … … … … … 33.70 2,250 20,000 Hairdressing Undertakings … … … … 27.85 33,989 135,000 Hat, Cap and Millinery … … … … … 30.71 342 7,500 Laundry … … … … … … … 30.40 1,297 65,000 Licensed Non-residential Establishments … … 32.30 61,240 350,000 Licensed Residential Establishments … … … 34.00 24,654 390,000 Linen and Cotton, etc. … … … … … 31.90 194 6,500 Made-up Textiles … … … … … … 33.00 347 5,500 Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring … 34.62 3,573 120,000 Retail Bespoke Tailoring … … … … … 32.23 1,326 7,500 Retail Bookselling and Stationery (Great Britain) … 34.50 5,768 30,000 Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (England and Wales) … … … … … … … 33.20 13,083 62,000 Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (Scotland) … 31.00 2,037 9,000 Retail Drapery Outfitting and Footwear … … 34.10 53,917 400,000 Retail Food Trades (England and Wales) … … 34.30 71,556 300,000 Retail Food Trades (Scotland) … … … … 34.60 8,755 35,000 Retail Furnishing, etc. … … … … … 35.50 43,870 200,000 Retail Newsagency (England and Wales) … … 32.70 27,404 85,000 Retail Newsagency (Scotland) … … … … 29.85 3,583 13,000 Road Haulage … … … … … … 33.36 25,015 210,000 Shirtmaking … … … … … … … 34.40 618 25,000 Toy Manufacturing … … … … … 31.30 423 30,000 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment … … … 30.42 18,923 130,000 Wholesale Mantle and Costume … … … … 34.62 1,595 64,000 The rates shown apply to the lowest grade of adult worker for a 40-hour week, except Retail Newsagency (Scotland), where a 42-hour week is standard; and, where area rates apply, in the large towns outside London.