§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many firms in (a) the North-West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Ormskirk and (d) Kirkby are not employing their full 3 per cent. quota of registered disabled persons.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonOn 1 June 1980, the latest date for which information is available, the figures were as follows:
Number of employers not employing their full 3 per cent, quota of registered disabled people (a) North-West comprising MSC employment service division's Manchester and Merseyside employment areas, which extend to all of Lancashire, Cumbria and parts of Cheshire. 3,470 (b) Merseyside comprising the Birkenhead, Bootle, Liverpool, St. Helen's and Warrington districts of ESD's Merseyside employment area 989
Great Britain† Scotland 1979 1980 1979 1980 Number of establishments found to be paying below Wages Council minimum* 10,969 12,154 1,307 1,437 Percentage of establishments inspected where underpayment found 31.5 35.1 35.1 37.4 Amount of arrears collected* £1,511,760 £2,100,512 £180,732 £287,969 Numbers of employers prosecuted 12 9 1 — * Including holiday remuneration. † The Wages Councils Act 1979 does not extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.