Earnings

HC Deb 05 June 1990 vol 173 cc488-9W

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles(a) average earnings, (b) median earnings, (c) average hours including overtime and (d) overtime hours.

Mr. Lang

For the area in question the average gross earnings in April 1989 of all full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence was £209.8 per week. To obtain the precise figure of median earnings would involve disproportionate cost, but the figure for all full-time employees in the sample on adult rates lies in the range of £170 to £180. Average total weekly hours were 40.7 of which overtime was 2.9.

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles, the figures for female part-time workers (a) average gross weekly earnings, (b) average weekly hours, (c) average gross hourly earnings, (d) median gross hourly earnings, (e) lowest decile of gross hourly earnings and (f) highest decile of gross hourly earnings (i) in total and (ii) broken down by the standard industrial classifications;

(2) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, the distribution of gross hourly earnings for female part-time workers, giving the percentage of female part-time workers, with hourly earnings less than (a) £3.00, (b) £3.20, (c) £3.60, (d) £4.00 and (e) £4.20 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by the standard industrial classifications.

Mr. Lang

Because of the small samples in the areas concerned, reliable information for female part-time employees is not available.

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, the earnings of full-time workers on adult rates of pay broken down by(a) male manual, (b) male non-manual, (c) all males, (d) female manual, (e) female non-manual, (f) all females and (g) all workers.

Mr. Lang

The available information from the 1989 new earnings survey is as follows:

Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees on adult rates, pay not affected by absence; April 1989
	£ per week
Manual males	205.1
Non-manual males	294.0
All males	239.1
Manual females	119.3
Non-manual females	172.7
AH females	157.1
All employees	209.8

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, the distribution of earnings for those earning under(a) £120, (b) £150, (c) 160, (d) the point below which 10 per cent. of earners fall and (e) the point which 10 per cent. of earners exceed, broken down by (i) male manual, (ii) male non-manual, (iii) all males, (iv) female manual, (v) female non-manual, (vi) all females and (vii) all workers, in total and by the standard industrial classifications;

(2) if he will list, for the combined regions and islands areas of Highland, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles (a) average earnings, (b) median earnings, (c) average hours including overtime and (d) overtime hours, broken down by the standard industrial classifications into (i) males, (ii) females and (iii) all workers.

Mr. Lang

Only a limited amount of reliable information could be compiled in each case and the cost of doing so would be disproportionate.