§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the number and percentage of(a) men and (b) women working full time and part time earning less than (i) £2.00 per hour, (ii) £2.50 per hour, (iii) £3.00 per hour, (iv) £3.50 per hour, (v) £4.00 per hour, (vi) £4.50 per hour and (vii) £5.00 per hour in the (1) Leeds, West constituency and (2) the Leeds metropolitan district.
Mr. JacksonThe information available from the 1991 new earnings survey closest to that requested is given in the following tables:
Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire Employees on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence and whose hourly earnings—excluding overtime—were below the following specified amounts April 1991 Number in sample Per cent. of total Number in sample Per cent. of total £2.00 £2.50 Full-time men 16 0.5 34 1.2 Full-time women 11 0.7 32 2.0 Part-time men 1— 1— 1— 1— Part-time women 23 2.2 54 5.2 £3.00 £3.40 Full-time men 94 3.2 204 6.9 Full-time women 150 9.5 284 18.0 Part-time men 1— 1— 1— 1— Part-time women 209 20.2 420 40.7 £3.60 £4.00 Full-time men 305 10.4 493 16.8 Full-time women 371 23.6 523 33.2 Part-time men 1— 1— 1— 1— Part-time women 505 48.9 663 64.2 £4.50 £4.80 Full-time men 753 25.6 948 32.3 Full-time women 700 44.5 807 51.3 Part-time men 1— 1— 1— 1— Part-time women 773 74.8 819 79.3 £5.40 Full-time men 1,305 44.4 Full-time women 965 61.3 Part-time men 1— 1— Part-time women 877 84.9 Source: New Earnings Survey.
"1—" denotes information not available.