HC Deb 13 January 1994 vol 235 cc263-5W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the proportions of full-time male manual workers, full-time male non-manual workers and all full-time male workers with earnings, excluding overtime, of less than £203.07 per week in (i) the West Midlands metropolitan county, (ii) Hereford and Worcester, (iii) Shropshire, (iv) Staffordshire and (v) Warwickshire for 1993;

(2) if he will list the proportions of full-time adult manual workers, full-time adult non-manual workers and all full-time adult workers with earnings, including overtime, of less than £203.07 per week in (i) the West Midlands metropolitan county, (ii) Hereford and Worcester, (iii) Shropshire, (iv) Staffordshire and (v) Warwickshire for 1993;

(3) if he will list the proportions of full-time male manual workers, full-time male non-manual workers and all full-time male workers with earnings, including overtime, of less than £203.07 per week in (i) the West Midlands metropolitan county, (ii) Hereford and Worcester, (iii) Shropshire, (iv) Staffordshire and (v) Warwickshire for 1993;

(4) if he will list the proportions of full-time female manual workers, full-time female non-manual workers and all full-time female workers with earnings, excluding overtime, of less than £203.07 per week in (i) the West Midlands metropolitan county, (ii) Hereford and Worcester, (iii) Shropshire, (iv) Staffordshire and (v) Warwickshire for 1993;

(5) if he will list the proportions of full-time female manual workers, full-time female non-manual workers and all full-time female workers with earnings, including overtime, of less than £203.07 per week in (i) the West Midlands metropolitan county, (ii) Hereford and Worcester, (iii) Shropshire, (iv) Staffordshire and (v) Warwickshire for 1993.

Miss Widdecombe

The information requested is as follows:

Full-time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross weekly earnings below £203.07 at April 1993
Including overtime (per cent.) Excluding overtime (per cent.)
Manual men
West Midlands MC 21.9 34.7
Hereford and Worcester 36.8 51.2
Shropshire 30.2 49.8
Staffordshire 31.1 46.3
Warwickshire 24.0 35.1
Non-manual men
West Midlands MC 12.9 14.2
Hereford and Worcester 13.2 14.8
Shropshire 15.8 18.5
Staffordshire 17.5 20.7
Warwickshire 13.0 16.8
All men
West Midlands MC 17.4 24.4
Hereford and Worcester 25.4 33.7
Shropshire 23.9 36.1
Staffordshire 25.0 34.7
Warwickshire 18.1 25.4
Manual women
West Midlands MC 76.9 80.9
Hereford and Worcester 78.7 87.2
Shropshire 81.5 86.2
Staffordshire 74.0 79.6
Warwickshire 77.0 85.1
Non-manual women
West Midlands MC 40.4 42.6
Hereford and Worcester 44.5 46.0
Shropshire 54.9 56.3
Staffordshire 51.2 52.4
Warwickshire 44.4 46.7
Including overtime (per cent.) Excluding overtime (per cent.)
All women
West Midlands MC 47.2 49.7
Hereford and Worcester 52.0 55.0
Shropshire 61.3 63.5
Staffordshire 57.7 60.1
Warwickshire 51.7 55.3
Manual adults
West Midlands MC 30.8 42.2
Hereford and Worcester 44.6 58.0
Shropshire 39.7 56.6
Staffordshire 40.5 53.6
Warwickshire 34.6 45.1
Non-manual adults
West Midlands MC 25.4 27.1
Hereford and Worcester 27.9 29.5
Shropshire 34.6 36.7
Staffordshire 33.1 35.3
Warwickshire 26.5 29.7
All adults
West Midlands MC 27.5 33.0
Hereford and Worcester 34.8 41.2
Shropshire 36.8 45.6
Households where the head of household or their wife is claiming unemployment related benefits1
Standard regions Spring 1989 Spring 1990 Spring 1991 Spring 1992 Spring 1993
Thousands Per cent. Thousands Per cent. Thousands Per cent. Thousands Per cent. Thousands Per cent.
South East 225 3.3 202 2.9 297 4.3 452 6.4 508 7.0
Greater London 131 4.8 115 4.2 155 5.7 214 7.7 250 8.8
Rest of South East 94 2.3 87 2.1 142 3.3 238 5.5 258 5.8
East Anglia 20 2.5 23 2.9 33 3.9 36 4.2 51 5.8
South West 57 3.0 48 2.6 82 4.3 116 5.9 134 6.7
West Midlands 115 5.6 80 3.9 137 6.6 162 7.8 170 8.2
East Midlands 81 5.2 62 3.9 88 5.5 96 5.9 94 5.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 120 6.1 93 4.7 110 5.5 140 6.9 128 6.3
North West 166 6.6 139 5.4 150 5.9 178 6.9 175 6.7
North 98 7.9 83 6.6 84 6.6 83 6.6 89 7.1
Wales 65 5.7 55 4.8 64 5.6 70 6.0 68 5.7
Scotland 137 6.9 109 5.3 124 6.0 128 6.2 125 6.0
Northern Ireland 62 11.8 65 12.4 57 10.8 58 11.0 58 10.3
UNITED KINGDOM 1,147 5.1 960 4.2 1,226 5.3 1,519 6.5 1,599 6.8
Not seasonally adjusted.

Source: Labour Force Survey.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, if he will list for each London borough the number of households and the proportion of all households claiming unemployment benefit for each year since 1989.

Miss Widdecombe

The information requested is not available since, the only source able to provide this information at household level would be the Labour Force Survey, and this is unable to provide estimates for London boroughs due to its sample size.