§ Lord HARRIS of HIGH CROSSasked Her Majesty's Government:
What industries and employments are now subject to wages councils and what numbers are covered by each.
The Earl of GOWRIEMy Lords, the table below lists the existing 34 wages councils and gives estimates of the number of workers covered by them.
Estimates of numbers of workers in field of operation of Wages Councils Wages Council Estimated No. of Workers covered* Aerated Waters (E. and W.) 13,500 Aerated Waters (Scotland) 1,400 Boot and Shoe Repairing 7,900 Button Manufacturing 3,300 Coffin Furniture and Cerement-Making 500 Corset 10,500 Cotton Waste Reclamation 400 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (E. and W.) 96,800 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) 1,300 Flax and Hemp 2,300 Fur 5,100 General Waste Materials Reclamation 20,200 Hairdressing Undertakings 128,600 Hat, Cap and Millinery (Great Britain) 7,800 Lace Finishing 700 Laundry 39,200 Licensed Non-residential Establishment 470,000 Licensed Residential Estallishment and Licensed Restaurant 530,000 Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods 5,600 Made-up Textiles 6,500 Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower 1,500 Perambulator and Invalid Carriage 2,100 Pin, Hook and Eye, and Snap Fastener 900 Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring 114,700 Retail Bespoke Tailoring (GB) 5,000 Retail Food and Allied Trades 522,800 Retail Trades Non-Food 563,700 Rope, Twine and Net 4,000 Rubber Proofed Garment Making Industry 800 Sack and Bag 1,800 Shirtmaking 24,400 Toy Manufacturing 23,300 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 121,900 Wholesale Mantle and Costume 46,000 2,784,500 *These estimates are derived mainly from numbers found to be employed in establishments visited on inspection by the Wages Inspectorate in recent years. The establishments in question do not form a representative sample for statistical purposes.