§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of people employed in the hotel and catering industry earn less than(a) £3, (b) £3.50, (c) £4, (d) £4.50 and (e) £5 per hour in (i) London, (ii) the rest of England, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland. [22089]
§ Mr. Geoffrey RobinsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Ronnie Fearn, dated 22 December 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply, as the Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent question on earnings in the hotel and catering industry.The available information, from the New Earnings Survey April 1997, is given in the attached table.481W
NES—April 1997 (UK) Percentage of employees earning <£3.00 <£3.50 <£4.00 <£4.50 <£5.00 London Full-time 4.4 10.9 20.0 29.1 39.2 Part-time 7.4 32.6 51.6 66.8 75.3 Total 5.3 16.9 28.8 39.6 49.2
NES—April 1997 (UK) Percentage of employees earning <;£3.00 <£3.50 <£4.00 <£4.50 <£5.00 Rest of England Full-time 5.2 20.5 34.7 47.8 56.3 Part-time 11.4 57.0 75.4 85.8 90.3 Total 8.1 37.5 53.7 65.5 72.2 Scotland Full-time 4.7 20.6 39.9 54.4 63.2 Part-time 8.9 59.5 82.7 91.7 94.6 Total 6.3 34.7 55.4 67.9 74.6 Wales Full-time 2.4 20.5 43.4 50.6 61.4 Part-time 7.5 62.7 77.6 85.1 92.5 Total 4.7 39.3 58.7 66.0 75.3 Northern Ireland Full-time 6.3 23.8 46.0 61.9 65.1 Part-time 3.8 50.0 73.1 84.6 84.6 Total 5.6 31.5 53.9 68.5 70.8 Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey period was unaffected absence.
Gross hourly earnings excluding overtime (£) in SIC (1992)
H—Hotels and Restaurants.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in the hotel and catering industry at the latest date for which figures are available, broken down into the categories of(a) restaurants and cafes, (b) pubs and bars, (c) nightclubs, (d) hotels and (e) other tourist accommodation, and the percentage of the total in each category. [22019]
§ Mr. Geoffrey RobinsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Ronnie Fearn, dated 22 December 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply, as the Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent question on employment in the hotel and catering industry.Information for employees in employment in Great Britain at September 1997 is shown in the attached table. Estimates of employees working in nightclubs cannot be determined separately but are included in the number working in bars.
Employees in Great Britain: September 1997 (Unadjusted) SIC92 Level (000) Percentage of hotels and restaurants Hotels and restaurants 55 1,281 — Hotels 55.1 294 22.9 Camp site and short-stay accommodation 55.2 34 2.7 Restaurants 55.3 345 26.9 Bars 55.4 371 29.0 Canteens and catering 55.5 237 18.5 Source:
ONS (Short-term turnover and employment surveys).