HC Deb 19 February 1990 vol 167 c523W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are currently in profit-related pay schemes; how many were in each of the years since it was introduced; how many registered schemes have existed in each year; and what is the distribution of schemes by number of people in them.

Mr. Lilley

The information is as follows:

Live Registered Schemes
December 1987 December 1988 December 1989
Number of participants
1–50 244 517 650
51–100 64 114 149
101–500 88 156 245
501–1,000 23 28 37
Above 1,000 11 15 31
Total schemes 430 830 1,112
Participating employees 72,000 122,000 226,000

Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average income and the distribution of income of those in profit-related pay schemes.

Mr. Lilley

Average annual earnings of participants in registered profit-related pay schemes were about £12,000 in March 1989. I regret that information on the distribution of earnings is not available.