§ Mr. Mackintoshasked the Minister of Labour how many wage-earners in Scotland receive less than £12 10s. a week; how the percentage of the labour force earning under this figure compares with the percentage of the total United Kingdom labour force earning under £12 10s. a week; and what is the total number in Scotland in families where the income is less than this figure.
§ Mr. HattersleyInformation available from the Family Expenditure Survey indicates that the proportion of full-time adult employees earning less than £12 10s. per week was higher in Scotland than in the United Kingdom, but the numbers in the sample in Scotland are too small to enable accurate percentages to be quoted or to support an estimate of the total number of employees in Scotland in households with a weekly income under £12 10s.
Figures produced by the Ministry of Social Security from a sample of records relating to those who had virtually a full year's employment, showed that in the Income Tax year 1965–66, 14 per cent. of 589W men aged 18 and over in Scotland had earnings of under £650 per annum compared with 10 per cent. in Great Britain. The corresponding figures for women 18 and over were 78 per cent. in Scotland and 75 per cent. in Great Britain. These figures exclude persons with low earnings which do not bring them within the scope of the income tax P.A.Y.E. arrangements.