Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) men and (b) women, working (i) full-time and (ii) part-time, in (1) Worcester and (2) Worcestershire earn less than (x) £3 per hour and (y) £3.60 per hour. [46112]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from M. P. G Pepper to Mr. Michael J. Foster dated 17 June 1998:
In the absence of the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on earnings.Latest estimates of the percentage of employees in Worcester, and Worcester and Hereford earning less than the hourly rates you mention, may be obtained from the April 1997 New Earnings Survey which is based upon a one percent. sample of employees in the PAYE system. As such, the estimates which relate to low earnings and part-time employment should be treated with a degree of caution.Results are presented for the Worcester parliamentary constituency, and for the county of Hereford and Worcester. Worcestershire is no longer a statistically defined geographical area.
Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey pay-period was unaffected by absence—New Earnings Survey—April 1997 Percentage of employees with hourly earnings (excluding overtime) less than: £3.00 £3.60 Worcester1 Full-time men 2.5 2.5 Part-time men 2— 2— Full-time women 1.2 3.5 Part-time women 4.7 14.1 All employees 2.9 6.8 Hereford and Worcester Country Full-time men 1.3 3.2 Part-time men 1.9 26.4 Full-time women 1.9 6.6 Part-time women 7.4 21.6 All employees 2.8 8.9 1 Parliamentary constituency 2 Denotes an estimate which is unavailable because the sample size is too small