HC Deb 03 February 1995 vol 253 c913W
Ms Rachel Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will list the percentage of men in part-time employment who earn less than(a) £4.15 per hour, (b) £5.53 per hour and (c) £5.88 per hour; and if he will list the average weekly earnings, including and excluding overtime, for part-time workers in (i) Great Britain and (ii) Scotland for the categories (1) manual employment, (2) non-manual employment and (3) all men;

(2) if he will list the percentage of women in part-time employment who earn less than (a) £4.15 per hour, (b) £5.53 per hour and (c) £5.88 per hour; and if he will list average weekly earnings, including and excluding overtime, for part-time workers in (i) Great Britain, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the regions of Scotland for the categories (1) manual employment, (2) non-manual employment and (3) all women.

Mr. Oppenheim

Information on part-time employees is limited because many part-timers whose weekly earnings are below the tax threshold are excluded from the new earnings survey. I will write to the hon. Member with the information which is available, and place a copy of my reply in the Library.