§ Mrs. RenÉe Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many male workers earn £12 per week or less in full-time employment; and in what categories of employment they are engaged.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAbout 25,000 in manual occupations and 10,000 in non-manual occupations. These estimates are based on results of the 1971 New Earnings Survey being pubished later this month. They relate to men aged 21 and over, including trainees and elderly workers, normally working for more than 30 hours per week whose pay was not affected by absence in the survey pay-period in April, 1971. A detailed occupational analysis is not yet available. Some of these workers would, in addition, receive tips and/or income in kind such as free accommodation and meals provided by their employers.