HC Deb 15 March 1994 vol 239 cc637-8W
23. Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of persons in full-time work on 1 January.

Miss Widdecombe

In September 1993 there were 17,427,000 full-time workers in Great Britain. December 1993 figures will be published tomorrow.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment 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(a) £100, (b) £120, (c) £140, (d) £160, (e) £180, (f) £200 and (g) £220 per week in the Doncaster area; and if he will provide separate figures for males and females.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information available from the new earnings survey is for South Yorkshire and is as follows:

Full-time employees on adult rates in the county of South Yorkshire—pay unaffected by absence: proportion with gross weekly earnings (including overtime) below the following amounts: at April 1993
Amount Male Female All
Manual employees
£100 0.5 4.5 1.1
£120 1.7 19.2 4.5
£140 4.7 37.2 9.8
£160 9.0 48.7 15.3
£180 13.2 62.8 21.1
£200 21.8 79.5 30.9
£220 29.7 86.5 38.7
Non-manual employees
£100 0.5 1.6 1.0
£120 1.4 5.1 3.1
£140 3.3 11.2 6.9
£160 6.2 20.6 12.7
£180 8.5 29.3 17.9
£200 12.8 39.7 25.0
£220 17.5 50.2 32.3
All employees
£100 0.5 2.1 1.0
£120 1.6 7.9 3.6
£140 4.0 16.2 8.1
£160 7.6 26.1 13.8
£180 10.9 35.8 19.2
£200 17.4 47.4 27.4
£220 23.8 57.3 34.9

Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average wage of(a) males and (b) females in part-time employment in the Doncaster area for each year since 1979, and this year to date.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information available from the new earnings survey for part-time female employees in the county of South Yorkshire is shown in the following table. There were too few part-time male employees in the new earnings survey samples for reliable figures to be produced.

Average gross weekly earnings for part-time females in the county of South Yorkshire for the years 1979 to 1993 inclusive
Year Average gross weekly earnings part-time female £
1979 25.2
1980 32.5
1981 35.1
1982 38.3
1983 41.5
1984 44.1
1985 47.3
1986 49.8
1987 52.7
1988 56.0
1989 64.9
1990 72.6
1991 78.5
1992 88.2
1993 89.4

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