§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has as to the numbers of (a) men and (b) women who were covered by collective agreements in 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1982; and if he will present these data as a percentage of the number of men and women workers, respectively.
§ Mr. GummerInformation is only available on a regular basis in respect of manual employees covered by national collective agreements and statutory wages orders, as follows: 321W
Estimated numbers covered (million) 1970 12.5 1975 11.1 1980 11.2 1982 10.7 Source: Time Rates of Wages and Hours of Work.
Some figures on the relative numbers of employees covered by various types of collective agreement (national, district, company etc.) of by no collective agreement, covering both manual and non-manual employees and distinguishing males and females, were obtained in the new earnings survey for 1978 and were published in part F (tables 200 to 207) of the report, a copy of which is in the Library.