HC Deb 24 July 1991 vol 195 cc620-1W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether TEC-funded projects for young people with learning disabilities are subject to the NVQ level 1 output tests.

Mr. Jackson

Where the careers service endorsement specifies that training aimed at national vocational qualification level 2 is not appropriate for a young person with special needs, and an individual training plan leading to NVQ level 1 is agreed, the TEC may claim appropriate output-related funding for the achievement of that NVQ.

Mr. Edwards

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish figures showing how many employees have gross weekly earnings, including and excluding overtime payments, below £185 per week and between £125 and £184.99; and if he will give the information for(a) women and (b) men and for (1) manual and (2) non-manual workers in (i) Wales, (ii) Scotland and (ii) England.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the April 1990 New Earnings Survey is shown in the following tables. The results from the April 1991 survey will be published in November.

Full-time employees on adult rates—pay not affected by absence during the survey pay period April 1990
Earning below £180 per week Earning below £190 per week Earning between £120 and £180 per week
Numbers in sample per cent. Numbers in sample per cent. Numbers in sample per cent.
EXCLUDING OVERTIME
Scotland
Manual men 1,978 50.1 2,250 57.0 1,655 41.9
Non-manual men 563 16.3 656 19.0 435 12.6
Manual women 855 89.7 890 93.4 427 44.8
Non-manual women 1,791 55.1 1,921 59.1 1,281 39.4
Wales
Manual men 1,017 48.5 1,167 55.7 835 39.8
Non-manual men 276 18.5 318 21.3 226 15.1
Manual women 416 88.1 426 90.3 234 49.6
Non-manual women 767 56.3 829 60.8 537 39.4
England
Manual men 15,084 42.4 17,553 49.4 12,774 35.9
Non-manual men 4,705 13.0 5,520 15.3 3,858 10.7
Manual women 6,473 84.4 6,718 87.6 3,711 48.4
Non-manual women 13,423 44.8 14,817 49.5 10,313 34.5
INCLUDING OVERTIME
Scotland
Manual men 1,302 33.0 1,514 38.3 1,079 27.3
Non-manual men 494 14.3 579 16.8 388 11.2
Manual women 785 82.4 825 86.6 411 43.1
Non-manual women 1,706 52.4 1,845 56.7 1,228 37.7
Wales
Manual men 692 33.0 802 38.2 563 26.8
Non-manual men 245 16.4 282 18.9 200 13.4
Manual women 384 81.4 405 85.8 222 47.0
Non-manual women 739 54.2 800 58.7 523 38.4
England
Manual men 9,560 26.9 11,379 32.0 8,012 22.5
Non-manual men 4,097 11.4 4,844 13.4 3,369 9.3
Manual women 6,008 78.3 6,293 82.1 3,542 46.2
Non-manual women 12,819 42.8 14,207 47.5 9,965 33.3

Source: New Earnings Survey.