§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he will take to investigate deaths by trichlorethylene poisoning; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythAt those premises for which it is the enforcing authority, the Health and Safety Executive investigates all work-related deaths associated with the use674W in(i) each standard planning region and (ii) each county area in the northern region for each year since 1979 (a) at current prices and (b) at 1979 prices;
(2) if he will provide a table indicating the number and proportion of (a) women and (b) men earning less than 68 per cent. of the national average gross weekly wage in (i) each standard planning region and (ii) each county area in the northern region in each year from 1979.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 11 July 1994]: Information showing the average weekly earnings of men and women in standard regions and counties is published for each year in part E of the "New Earnings Survey". Table 110 and 113 cover full-time males and females respectively.
The information on the retail prices index, all items at April needed to convert 1979 figures to 1993 prices, is published in table 6.4 of the Employment Gazette and in table 26 of the annual supplement to "Economic Trends" for April of earlier years.
Estimated numbers of employees earning less than specified amounts can be prepared only for full-time employees and for standard planning regions. The available information closest to 68 per cent. of average weekly earnings is given in tables which have been placed in the Library.
Copies of the publications can be found in the Library.