§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the hourly rates of working women's earnings, showing the numbers earning each rate and the proportion of the whole they represent.
§ Mr. BryanThe following table gives the distribution of gross hourly earnings for women, aged 18 and over, in employment in Great Britain in April, 1971.
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Women aged 18 and over Range of hourly earnings* (new pence per hour) Estimated Number (thousands) Approximate Percentage Under 20p … 80 1 20p to 25p … 320 4 25p to 30p … 800 10 30p to 35p … 1,580 21 35p to 40p … 1,190 16 40p to 45p … 980 13 45p to 50p … 690 9 50p to 55p … 500 6 55p to 60p … 360 5 60p to 65p … 250 3 65p to 70p … 190 2 70p to 75p … 140 2 75p to 80p … 100 1 80p to 90p … 140 2 90p to 100p … 80 1 100p to 125p … 130 2 125p to 150p … 80 1 150p to 200p … 50 1 200p or more … 10 — Total … 7,930 * For example, 20p to 25p means 20p or more but less than 25p. The estimated numbers are derived from New Earnings Survey 1971 sample data, are rounded to the nearest 10,000 and are subject to sampling errors. Information was not available for about 3 per cent, of the women in the sample; these have been excluded in calculating the percentages.
Separate information for full-time manual and non-manual women and for part-time women is given in table 10 on page 996 of the November, 1971, issue of the Department of Employment Gazette.