§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Paymaster General by what method wages inspectors determine whether or not an employer is employing home workers.
§ Mr. TrippierWhere records do not show that the services of homeworkers are used, wages inspectors ask employers whether work is given out to any person.
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Workers (a) Workers whose pay was checked 244,941 295,491 205,804 287,392 332,853 416,894 300,692 (b) Homeworkers whose pay was checked (included above) 3,570 2,565 1,665 1,358 1,974 1,883 1,606 (c) (b) as a percentage of (a) 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 Establishments (a) Establishments where pay was checked 52,821 49,994 37,893 39,514 42,558 41,576 40,382 (b) Establishments employing homeworkers where pay was checked (included above) 1,251 229 154 105 177 178 169 (c) (b) as a percentage of (a) 2.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4