§ Mr. Pendryasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give, for each wages council and for each division of the wages inspectorate; (a) the number of establishments covered by wages council orders, (b) the numbers of workers covered by wages council orders, (c) the numbers and percentages of wages council firms inspected and found to be infringing wages council orders, (d) the numbers and percentages of workers found to be underpaid, and (e) the numbers of workers paid arrears and the amount of such arrears;
(2) if he will publish for each year from 1977 to 1982 information on the numbers and proportions of inspections by wages inspectors which (a) included a visit to the establishment or (b) were carried out by post; whether there was any significant variation in these proportions either between different wages council industries or between different regions of the wages inspectorate; and whether there are any planned changes in these proportions in 1983.
§ Mr. AlisonI shall write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.