§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number and percentage of full-time workers earning less than £120 per week, giving the information for(a) women and (b) men for (i) manual, (ii) non-manual and (iii) all workers, including overtime pay and excluding overtime pay, in (a) Wales, (b) each Welsh county and (c) Great Britain as a whole.
Mr. JacksonThe information available from the 1990 New Earnings Survey is shown in the following tables. The results from the April 1991 survey will be published this November.
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April 1990 Full time manual employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £120—pay for the survey pay period not affected by absence Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Wales 182 182 38.6 8.7 Clwyd-West 1— 8 1— 10.0 Clwyd-East 30 17 46.9 6.6 Clwyd 42 25 47.2 7.4 Dyfed2 1— 16 1— 13.0
Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Gwent 38 32 45.8 8.0 Gwynedd 1— 22 1— 14.2 Mid Glamorgan 28 22 28.6 6.5 Powys 1— 5 1— 6.4 South Glamorgan 17 26 27.4 9.0 West Glamorgan3 20 34 34.5 9.0 Great Britain 3,372 2,815 37.1 6.8 Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 —denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
2 Excluding Llanelli.
3 Including Llanelli.
April 1990 Full time non-manual employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £120—pay for the survey pay period not affected by absence Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Wales 230 50 16.9 3.3 Clwyd-West 1— 3 1— 5.3 Clwyd-East 16 2 15.7 1.4 Clwyd 31 5 17.9 2.5 Dyfed2 29 3 23.8 2.7 Gwent 28 12 16.1 5.7 Gwynedd 18 7 18.9 6.2 Mid Glamorgan 36 5 15.5 2.6 Powys 1— 1 1— 2.3 South Glamorgan 41 8 13.6 2.0 West Glamorgan3 40 9 18.3 3.8 Great Britain 3,850 1,025 11.1 2.5 Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 —denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
2 Excluding Llanelli.
3 Including Llanelli.
April 1990 Full time employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £120—pay for the survey pay period not affected by absence Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Wales 412 232 22.5 6.5 Clwyd-West 1— 1— 1— 1— Clwyd-East 46 19 27.7 4.8 Clwyd 73 30 27.9 5.6 Dyfed2 46 19 30.7 8.2 Gwent 66 44 25.7 7.2 Gwynedd 26 29 21.1 10.9 Mid Glamorgan 64 27 19.4 5.1 Powys 19 6 26.0 5.0 South Glamorgan 58 34 15.9 5.0 West Glamorgan3 60 43 21.7 7.0 Great Britain 7,222 3,840 16.5 4.6 Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 — denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
2 Excluding Llanelli.
3 Including Llanelli.
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April 1990 Full time manual employees on adult rates with weekly earnings including overtime less than £120—pay for the survey pay period not affected by absence Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Wales 162 129 34.3 6.2 Clwyd—West 1— 6 1— 7.5 Clwyd-East 26 15 40.6 5.9 Clwyd 38 21 42.7 6.2 Dyfed2 1— 11 1— 8.9
Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Gwent 34 22 41.0 5.5 Gwynedd 1— 19 1— 12.3 Mid Glamorgan 26 14 26.5 4.1 Powys 1— 5 1— 6.4 South Glamorgan 17 17 27.4 5.9 West Glamorgan3 15 20 25.9 5.3 Great Britain 3,002 1,900 33.0 4.6 Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 — denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
2 Excluding Llanelli.
3 Including Llanelli.
April 1990 Full time non-manual employees on adult rates with weekly earnings including overtime less than £120—pay for the survey pay period not affected by absence Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Wales 216 45 15.8 3.0 Clwyd-West 1— 1— 1— 1— Clwyd-East 16 2 15.7 1.4 Clwyd 29 5 16.8 2.5 Dyfed2 28 2 23.0 1.8 Gwent 26 11 14.9 5.2 Gwynedd 18 6 18.9 5.4 Mid Glamorgan 34 5 14.7 2.6 Powys 1— 1— 1— 1— South Glamorgan 37 7 12.3 1.8 West Glamorgan3 37 8 17.0 3.4 Great Britain 3,548 879 10.3 2.1 Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 — denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
2 Excluding Llanelli.
3 Including Llanelli.
April 1990 Full time employees on adult rates with weekly earnings including overtime less than £120—pay for the survey pay period not affected by absence Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Wales 378 174 20.6 4.8 Clwyd-West 1— 1— 1— 1— Clwyd-East 42 17 25.3 4.3 Clwyd 67 26 25.6 4.9 614W
Workers checked and found underpaid 1988 to 1990 Wales 1988 1989 1990 Checked Underpaid Checked Underpaid Checked Underpaid Aerated waters 0 0 11 0 0 0 Clothing manufacture 461 71 255 2 29 2 Boot and shoe repairing 0 0 2 1 0 0 Button manufacturing 0 0 36 0 0 0 Coffin furniture and cerement making 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cotton waste reclamation 11 1 0 0 0 0 Flax and hemp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fur 0 0 0 0 0 0 General waste materials reclamation 10 1 5 0 29 1 Hairdressing undertakings 263 18 240 29 466 30 Hat, cap and millinery 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lace finishing 0 0 0 0 0 0 Laundry 21 0 56 1 1 1 Linen and cotten handkerchief 66 41 0 0 0 0 Made-up textiles 0 0 0 0 7 0 Ostrich and fancy feather 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perambulator and invalid carriage 0 0 162 0 0 0
Number in the sample Percentage of total Women Men Women Men Dyfed2 43 13 28.7 5.6 Gwent 60 33 23.3 5.4 Gwynedd 26 25 21.1 9.4 Mid Glamorgan 60 19 18.2 3.6 Powys 16 6 21.9 5.0 South Glamorgan 54 24 14.8 3.5 West Glamorgan3 52 28 18.8 4.6 Great Britain 6,550 2,779 15.0 3.4 Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 — denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
2 Excluding Llanelli.
3 Including Llanelli.