§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Labour how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay for managerial grades in licensed non-residential establishments; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the range of percentage increases in rates and average earnings, respectively.
§ Mr. GunterInformation is not available about the number of managers and club stewards affected by the proposals from this Wages Council, the number earning above the minimum rates, or202W the range of percentage increases in earnings. The range of percentage increase in rates for managers and club stewards is 3.2 per cent. to 5.1 per cent.
§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Labour how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay for brush and broom workers; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the range of percentage increase in rates and average earnings, respectively;
(2) how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay for milk distributive workers; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the percentage increase in rates and average earnings, respectively;
(3) how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay, hours, and holidays for wholesale mantle and costume workers; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the range of percentage increase in rates and average earnings, respectively;
(4) how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay, hours, and holidays for retail bespoke tailoring workers; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the range of percentage increase in rates and average earnings, respectively;
(5) how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay and holidays for hat, cap and millinery workers; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the range of percentage increase in rates and earnings, respectively;
(6) how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay, hours, and holidays for paper-bag workers; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the range of percentage increase in rates and earnings, respectively.
§ Mr. GunterInformation is not available about the numbers actually affected by recent proposals from these Wages Councils, the number earning above minimum rates, or the effect on average earnings. Estimates of the total number of 203W workers coming within the field of operation of the wages councils concerned and the range of percentage increases in adult rates are given in the table below.
Estimated Numbers in field of operation Range of increase in rates per cent. Brush and Broom 10,000 7=10.1 Milk Distributive (England and Wales) 100,000 6=8.4 Wholesale Mantle and Costume 90,000 7=8 Retail Bespoke and Tailoring (England and Wales) 12,000 7.3=7.6 Hat, Cap and Millinery 17,000 5.1=5.5 Paper Bag 12,000 4.3=5.3
§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Labour how many are affected by the recent wages council award concerning pay, hours and holidays for dressmaking and women's light clothing workers; what is the estimated number earning above minimum rates; and what is the range of percentage increase in rates and average earnings, respectively.
§ Mr. GunterThe proposals from this Wages Council which were embodied in an Order made on 30th November, effective from 1st January, 1967, concerned holidays only. The previous proposals, which related to rates and hours and were embodied in an Order made on 14th July 1966, provided for increases in the statutory minima ranging for adult workers from 4.8 per cent. to 5.5 per cent.
Information is not available about the number of workers receiving more than the minimum rates or the percentage increase in average earnings and no estimate can, therefore, be made of the number affected. The total number of workers coming within the field of operation of the Council is estimated at between 140,000 and 150,000.
§ Mr. Biffenasked the Minister of Labour how many prosecutions each year there have been since 1951 for payments below the minimum rates established by wages councils.
§ Mr. GunterThe number of employers prosecuted in each year for failure to pay prescribed remuneration is as follows:
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1951 … … … … 8 1952 … … … … 9 1953 … … … … 16 1954 … … … … 1
1955 … … … … 8 1956 … … … … 11 1957 … … … … 7 1958 … … … … 6 1959 … … … … 6 1960 … … … … 2 1961 … … … … 9 1962 … … … … 6 1963 … … … … 9 1964 … … … … 6 1965 … … … … 1