§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list(a) the number of employees in employment in every wages council industry whose hourly pay rate was the wages council hourly rate for all quarters from spring 1992 to summer 1993, (b) the number of employees in employment in every former wages council industry whose hourly pay rate was the wages council hourly rate for all quarters from autumn 1993 to the last quarter, in each case expressing the data by individual wages council industry and using micro data from the quarterly labour force survey; [14228]
(2) if he will list the hourly wage rate for all employees in employment in every former wages council sector whose hourly wage rate was the wages council rate prior to the abolition of the wages councils, expressing the data by individual wages council sector, for all quarters beginning autumn 1993 up to the latest quarter, and using micro-data from the quarterly labour force survey. [14229]
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 16 March 1995]: The labour force survey did not ask questions about earnings until winter 1992–93. The information from LFS that could be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs is in the following table:
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Employees aged 21 and over sampled in the labour force survey whose earnings were at their usual level Number earning per hour Number in sample Average hourly earnings £ £2.70 to £2.80 £2.80 to £2.90 £2.90 to £3.00 £3.00 to £3.10 £3.10 to £3.20 Summer 1994 (based on SIC 1992) Clothing manufacture 38 4.69 1 — 2 1 2 Retail distribution 537 5.22 8 12 7 25 22 Restaurants 42 4.05 2 3 — 5 1 Public Houses 42 3.25 1 3 1 7 3 Hotels 47 4.94 1 4 3 5 3 Autumn 1994 (based on SIC 1992) Clothing manufacture 42 4.16 2 1 2 — 4 Retail distribution 498 5.11 4 11 3 25 23 Restaurants 46 3.89 — 2 3 1 2 Public Houses 42 3.91 1 1 1 7 5 Hotels 57 4.32 3 2 1 9 1
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people in each English region and for Wales and Scotland in(a) full-time work and (b) part-time work earn (i) less than £1.50 an hour, (ii) between £1.50 and £2 an hour, (iii) between £2 and £2.50 an hour, (iv) between £2.50 and £3 an hour, (v) between
Estimated numbers of employees, rounded to nearest 10,000 Number earnings Less than £1.50 1.50—£2.00 £2.00—£2.50 £2.50—£3.00 £3.00—£3.50 £3.50—£4.00 Full-time South East region 10,000 10,000 20,000 40,000 90,000 160,000 East Anglia region — — — 10,000 20,000 30,000 South West region — — 10,000 10,000 40,000 70,000 West Midlands region — — 10,000 20,000 60,000 90,000 East Midlands region — — 10,000 20,000 50,000 70,000 Yorkshire and Humberside region — — 10,000 20,000 60,000 80,000 North West region — — 10,000 30,000 60,000 90,000 North region — — 10,000 10,000 30,000 50,000 Wales — — — 10,000 30,000 40,000 Scotland — — 10,000 20,000 60,000 90,000 Part-time South East region 10,000 20,000 20,000 70,000 210,000 240,000 East Anglia region — — — 20,000 40,000 40,000 South West region 10,000 — 10,000 40,000 120,000 80,000 West Midlands region 10,000 — 10,000 30,000 110,000 90,000 East Midlands region 10,000 — 10,000 30,000 90,000 80,000 Yorkshire and Humberside region 10,000 — 10,000 30,000 100,000 110,000 North West region — — 20,000 40,000 120,000 110,000 North region — — 10,000 20,000 60,000 60,000 Wales 10,000 — 10,000 20,000 50,000 50,000 Scotland — 10,000 10,000 20,000 110,000 100,000 Note:—siginifies that the estimate was less than 10,000.