HC Deb 11 December 1991 vol 200 cc467-8W
Mr. Jack Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of male, female and all employees in each standard industrial classification industrial division earned less than £180 per week in 1990 and less than £200 per week in the first half year of 1991.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the "New Earnings Survey" in April 1990 and April 1991 is provided in the tables.

Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: Percentage whose gross weekly earnings were below £180
Standard industrial classification division April 1990 per cent.
Men Women All
0 52.8 77.7 55.7
1 4.4 27.7 8.1
2 12.1 53.3 20.2
3 13.3 62.8 22.2
4 21.7 67.9 36.5
5 20.7 63.8 24.6
6 37.8 75.4 51.9
7 15.6 41.7 20.9
8 15.2 41.5 27.0
9 19.9 41.7 31.5

Source: 1990 New Earnings Survey.

Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: Percentage whose gross weekly earnings were below £200
Standard industrial classification division April 1990 per cent.
Men Women All
0 53.8 77.1 56.8
1 5.3 25.7 8.8
2 15.4 54.0 23.2
3 17.9 64.5 26.3
4 25.7 70.5 40.3
5 24.2 63.7 27.8
6 40.4 75.6 53.7
7 18.1 43.1 23.0
8 17.0 43.8 29.1
9 20.3 41.6 31.8

Source: 1991 New Earnings Survey

Mr. Jack Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what percentages of manual, non-manual and all(a) males and (b) females are earning below £190 per week in (i) Great Britain, (ii) the Northern region and (iii) Northumberland.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the "New Earnings Survey" in April 1991 is provided in the table.

Full time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: Percentage whose gross weekly earnings were below £190
Great Britain April 1991 per cent.
Manual men 26.9
Non-manual men 12.3
All men 19.1
Manual women 77.1
Non-manual women 40.4
All women 47.2
Northern Region
Manual men 27.5
Non-manual men 15.3
All men 22.0
Manual women 79.4
Non-manual women 53.7
All women 59.4
Northumberland
Manual men 35.7
Non-manual men ‥
All men 26.7
Manual women 82.7
Non-manual women 57.6
All women 65.0

Source: 1991 New Earnings Survey.

Note:"‥" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimate.