§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers in the northern region and in each county within the region are covered by the642W various wages councils; how many have had their individual pay or conditions checked by the councils; and in how many cases underpayments were discovered.
§ Mr. ForthThere are no statistics of the total numbers of workers covered by wages councils in the northern region or in counties. The following table gives information about workers in each wages council industry in the northern division of the wages inspectorate whose pay was checked in 1990 and the numbers found to have been underpaid.
Wages council Number of workers whose pay was checked Number of workers found to be underpaid Aerated waters 32 0 Clothing 291 14 General waste reclemation 126 4 Hairdressing undertakings 584 49 Retail (non-food) trades 2,078 123 Retail food and allied trades 2,445 404 Licensed non-residential establishments 3,625 280 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 1,177 113 Unlicensed place of refreshment 399 49 All other councils 83 5 Totals 10,808 1,040