§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will estimate the percentage of part-time(a) male and (b) female employees in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) England, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) Great Britain who earned less than (1) £3.80 an hour, (2) £4.00 an hour, (3) £5.20 an hour and (4) £5.40 an hour in 1992.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe available information for part-time women closest to that requested is given in the following table. Information for part-time men is not available.
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Part-time women on adult rates of pay whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. Percentage with average gross hourly earnings less than the following amounts: April 1992. £3.80 £4.00 £4.80 £5.40 Scotland 46.5 52.6 69.4 77.0 Wales 54.6 62.1 75.9 82.8 England 42.9 49.3 68.3 77.5 Northern Ireland 54.3 59.4 73.9 78.4 Great Britain 43.8 50.2 68.8 77.7 Source: New Earnings Survey, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will estimate the number of(a) male and (b) female employees in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) England, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) Great Britain who work part-time.
Mr. McLoughlin: The latest information is as follows:
Part-time employees in employment: December 1992 (Thousand) Not seasonally adjusted Males Females Scotland 95 436 Wales 60 220 England 1,009 4,025 Northern Ireland 35 107 Great Britain 1,163 4,681