§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply,Official Report, 16 November, concerning the illegal underpayment of wages council minima in the clothing industry, if he will publish corresponding data giving the number of employees whose wages were examined and the number and percentage of these employees found to be underpaid in the clothing industry in each year since 1970.
§ Mr. David WaddingtonThe information requested is as follows:
Workers in the clothing industry covered by wages councils Year Number of workers whose wages examined Number of workers underpaid Percentage of workers underpaid per cent. 1970 24,885 991 4.0 1971 24,293 903 3.7 1972 22,216 1,461 6.6 1973 20,017 699 3.5 1974 21,598 827 3.8 1975 18,937 726 3.8 1976 10,341 1,442 13.9 1977 11,812 1,679 14.2 1978 13,461 834 6.2 1979 19,371 664 3.4 1980 20,071 1,311 6.5