HC Deb 01 July 1980 vol 987 cc474-6W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of full-time working females aged 18 years and over in each of the counties of Wales and for each of the standard economic regions of the United Kingdom in the following bands (a) under £40, (b) £41 to £50, (c) £51 to £60, (d) £61 to £70, (e) £71 to £80, (f) £81 to £90, (g) £91 to £100, (h) £101 to £110, (i) £111 to £120, (j) £121 to £130, (k) £131 to £140, (l) £141 to £150 and (m) over £150.

Mr. Jim Lester

The table below gives the latest estimates of the percentage distribution of gross weekly earnings from the new earnings survey. The survey is based on a 1 per cent. sample of employees. Only a very small number of employees will appear in some cells of the table and, because of the response and sampling variation, the total number of employees in particular earnings bands cannot be confidently inferred from the number in the sample. Though the percentages calculated from the sample are shown to one decimal place they should not be taken as representing the total position necessarily to that degree of accuracy.

DISTRIBUTION OF GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS, APRIL 1979
Full-time females aged 18 and over whose pay was not affected by absence
Percentage with gross weekly earnings in the range
Under £40 £40 to £50 £50 to £60 £60 to £70 £70 to £80 £80 to £90 £90 to £100 £100 to £120 Over £120 All ranges Number in sample
Wales … 10.3 21.7 24.8 17.2 8.9 6.3 5.0 4.5 1.3 100 1,364
Clwyd—West 16.0 22.7 24.0 16.0 5.3 2.7 6.6 4.0 2.7 100 75
Clwyd—East 15.2 17.4 23.9 26.1 5.4 5.5 4.3 1.1 1.1 100 92
Dyfed (excluding Llanelli) 16.0 21.4 22.9 10.7 9.2 6.1 6.1 6.1 1.5 100 131
Gwent 8.3 20.3 25.0 24.0 9.4 7.3 4.7 0.5 0.5 100 192
Gwynedd 12.6 27.4 25.3 13.6 5.3 4.2 6.3 5.3 0.0 100 95
Powys 9.7 22.6 22.5 12.9 9.7 6.5 9.6 3.3 3.2 100 62
Mid Glamorgan 6.8 21.3 23.6 17.1 9.9 9.9 3.8 6.5 1.1 100 263
South Glamorgan 7.7 24.6 29.2 14.3 8.0 4.3 4.2 6.2 1.5 100 260
West Glamorgan (including Llanelli) 10.8 19.1 22.7 18.0 12.9 6.2 4.6 4.2 1.5 100 194
England … 8.8 20.4 23.2 18.3 11.1 6.7 4.8 4.3 2.4 100 29,645
South-East 6.1 15.1 20.6 19.9 14.1 8.6 6.1 5.8 3.7 100 11,520
East Anglia 10.2 24.6 24.5 16.9 9.1 7.2 3.0 2.7 1.8 100 955
South West 10.9 24.3 25.3 14.6 10.1 6.0 4.3 3.3 1.2 100 2,401
West Midlands 9.6 21.7 25.3 18.3 9.9 5.8 4.3 3.2 1.9 100 3,404
East Midlands 10.6 25.5 23.7 18.0 8.3 5.0 4.4 3.3 1.2 100 2,302
Yorkshire and Humberside 11.6 25.8 23.6 16.9 7.8 5.9 4.1 2.5 1.8 100 2,990
North-West 9.6 23.3 25.3 18.3 10.2 4.8 3.3 3.6 1.6 100 4,104
North 11.4 22.4 26.4 16.7 7.7 5.5 4.2 4.1 1.6 100 1,969
Scotland … 9.7 24.7 25.1 16.7 9.0 6.5 3.0 3.3 2.0 100 3,726
Source:New Earnings Survey