HC Deb 08 November 1995 vol 265 cc915-6W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) females and (b) males working in (i) Great Britain and (ii) Northern Ireland in April 1995 earned less than £58.00 per week. [41585]

Mrs. Angela Knight

Estimated numbers and proportions of all employees on adult rates, whose pay was not affected by absence, are given in the following tables:

Proportion earning less than £58 per week
Per cent.
Full-time Part-time Total
Male 0.1 35.7 2.3
Female 0.2 29.7 11.7

Source:

New Earnings Survey 1995.

Estimated number earning less than £58 per week (millions)
Full-time Part-time Total
Male — 0.3 0.3
Female — 1.2 1.2

April 1995 information for Northern Ireland is not yet available.

Mr. Meacher

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many and what proportion of(a) manual, (b) non-manual and (c) full-time employees were earning less than (i) £161.60, (ii) £215.47 and (iii) £228.68 per week excluding overtime payments for (1) men, (2) women and (3) both sexes for (A) each county in England, (B) each county in Wales, (C) each London borough and Greater London as a whole and (D) each regional authority and borough in Scotland in April; [41583]

(2) how many and what proportion of (a) manual, (b) non-manual and (c) part-time employees were earning less than (i) £4.26 per hour, (ii) £5.69 per hour and (iii) £6.03 per hour excluding overtime payments for (1) men, (2) women and (3) both sexes by standard economic region for (A) Great Britain and (B) Northern Ireland and for (iv) each county in England, (v) each county in Wales, (vi) each London borough and Greater London as a whole and (vii) each regional authority and borough in Scotland in April; [41582]

(3) how many and what proportion of (a) manual, (b) non-manual and (c) full-time employees were earning less than (i) £161.60, (ii) £215.47 and (iii) £228.68 per week excluding overtime payments for (1) men, (2) women and (3) both sexes by standard economic region for (A) each Great Britain and (B) Northern Ireland in April. [41584]

Mrs. Angela Knight

I am placing the available information from the new earnings survey in the Members' Library. April 1995 information for Northern Ireland is not yet available.