HC Deb 08 June 1981 vol 6 cc19-21W
Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the statutory minimum rate for a 40-hour week in each wages council industry for the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981.

Mr. Waddington

The table below gives the minimum weekly rate for the lowest paid category of adult workers employed in main provincial areas outside London.

Weekly minimum rate for 40 hours at 1 June:
1978 1979 1980 1981
Wages Council £ £ £ £
Aerated Waters (E & W) 34.50 41.60 48.00 54.00
Aerated Waters (Scot) 37.60 41.60 48.00 54.00
Boot and Shoe Repairing 36.50 43.50 51.00 55.50
Button manufacturing 30.00 38.00 46.00 51.60
Coffin Furniture and Cerement making 31.20 40.00 46.40 51.20
Corset 34.60 42.00 47.25 54.34
Cotton Waste Reclamation 34.00 40.00 46.40 51.60
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (E & W) 34.60 42.00 47.30 54.42
" " " (Scot) 30.40 34.36 47.30 54.42
Flax and hemp 37.28 41.01 45.73 52.31
Fur 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50
General Waste Materials Reclamation 33.70 37.20 43.20 50.00
Hairdressing Undertakings 27.85 31.35 *31.00 35.50
†Hat, Cap and Millinery 34.39 41.20 49.60 51.67
Lace Finishing 31.30 34.40 40.40 48.40
Laundry 34.00 41.00 47.80 56.00
Licensed Non-residential Establishment 32.30 41.00 50.00 57.00
Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant 34.00 40.40 41.20 48.80
Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods etc 31.90 35.20 42.00 50.00
Made-up Textiles 33.00 38.00 45.00 49.20
Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower 32.40 38.00 45.00 50.60
†Perambulator and Invalid Carriage 40.52 46.00 52.50 56.80
**Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap Fastener 37.40 44.50 52.50 ——
Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring 34.62 42.00 49.62 54.34
Retail Bespoke Tailoring 35.46 41.00 48.90 58.10
‡‡Retail bookselling and Stationery 35.00 42.50 52.00 57.20
††Retail Bread and Flour Confectionery (E & W) 33.20 42.00 48.50 57.00
†† " " "(Scot) 31.45 42.00 48.50 57.00
‡‡Retail Drapery Outfitting and Footwear 34.10 38.10 52.10 57.30
††Retail Food (E & W) 34.30 41.70 48.20 57.00
†† " " "(Scot) 34.60 42.00 48.50 57.00
‡‡Retail Furnishing and Allied Trades 35.50 42.00 52.00 57.20
1978 1979 1980 1981
Wages Council £ £ £ £
††Retail Newsagency tobacco and Confectionery (E & W) 32.70 36.70 45.85 57.00
" " " (Scot) 34.15 42.00 45.25 57.00
**Road Haulage 36.72 —— —— ——
Rope, Twine and Net 34.10 37.50 41.50 50.00
Rubber Proofed Garment making 33.19 42.00 49.61 54.33
Sack and Bag 32.50 35.76 42.00 53.00
Shirtmaking 34.40 42.00 49.62 54.34
Toy Manufacturing 31.30 34.12 40.00 49.00
Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 30.42 34.92 44.92 52.92
Wholesale Mantle and Costume 34.62 42.00 49.62 54.34
* Separate rate introduced for shampooists
†Weekly minimum rate for 39 hours
‡Council abolished—September 1978
** Council abolished November 1980
††Councils amalgamated (September 1979) into the Retail food and Allied Trades Wages Council
‡‡Councils amalgamated (September 1979) into the Retail Trades Non-Food Wages Council.