§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers in the United Kingdom were found to be paying below minimum rates under the Wages Council Act in each of the past two years; what percentage of all employers inspected they represented; how much they were found to be paying below statutory minimum rates; how many were prosecuted; and if he will provide a similar breakdown of figures for Scotland.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation is not available in the precise form requested. However, the following statistics are available for inspections by visits completed in 1979 and 1980:
the wages inspectors in Scotland in each of the past two years; and if he will show for each (a) the number of firms inspected, (b) the number of firms underpaying, (c) the percentage of firms underpaying, (d) the number of workers whose wages were examined, (e) the number of employees underpaid, (f) the percentage of employees underpaid, (g) the amount underpaid and (h) the average amount underpaid per employee.
§ Mr. WaddingtonStatistics are not maintained for particular towns or areas of Scotland smaller than the east and west divisions of the Wages Inspectorate and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Employment when the last inspection of wages council rates took place in the United Kingdom and Scotland, and if he will publish a table for each wages council showing (a) the number of firms inspected, (b) the number of firms 235W underpaying, (c) the percentage of firms underpaying, (d) the number of employees whose wages were examined, (e) the number of employees underpaid, the percentage of employees underpaid, (g) the amount underpaid and (h) the average amount underpaid per employee.
Wages Council Establishments Percentage Employees whose wages were examined Employees Percentage Total arrears collected* Average arrears collected per Employee Underpaid Inspected Underpaying Underpaying Underpaid Underpaid £ £ Aerated Waters (England and Wales) 34 7 20.6 526 8 1.5 274 34.25 Aerated Waters (Scotland) 7 1 14.3 86 2 2.3 109 54.50 Boot and Shoe Repairing 117 21 17.9 306 25 8.2 2,196 87.84 Button Manufacturing 21 3 14.3 387 16 4.1 669 41.81 Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making 5 — — 34 — — — — Corset 25 5 20.0 931 37 4.0 2,530 68.38 Cotton Waste Reclamation 7 1 14.3 128 1 0.8 1 1.00 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) 540 197 36.5 10,284 772 7.5 41,056 53.18 Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) 31 7 22.6 981 18 1.8 529 29.39 Flax and Hemp 4 1 25.0 263 1 0.4 26 26.00 Fur 44 3 6.8 425 3 0.7 208 69.33 General Waste Materials Reclamation 266 23 8.6 2,682 34 1.3 2,648 77.88 Hairdressing Underakings 3,218 882 27.4 12,099 1,234 10.2 84,240 68.27 Hat, Cap and Millinery 18 2 11.1 435 2 0.5 106 53.00 Lace Finishing 12 2 16.7 207 35 16.9 1,631 46.60 Laundry 136 30 22.0 3,014 42 1.4 2,343 55.79 Linen and Cotton Goods 29 3 10.3 717 23 3.2 650 28.26 Made-up Textiles 22 5 22.7 135 9 6.7 1,145 127.22 Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower 5 — — 41 — — — — Perambulator and Invalid Carriage 6 1 16.7 122 3 2.5 26 8.67 Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring 184 58 31.5 3,903 313 8.0 12,180 38.91 Retail Bespoke Tailoring 46 9 19.6 153 18 11.8 969 53.83 Rope, Twine and Net 19 3 15.8 322 19 5.9 448 23.58 Rubber Proofed Garment Making 4 — — 195 — — — — Sack and Bag 19 3 15.8 330 7 2.1 255 36.43 Shirtmaking 54 13 24.0 1,481 25 1.7 640 25.60 Toy Manufacturing 39 16 41.0 788 136 17.3 4,968 36.53 Wholesale Mantle and Costume 138 41 29.7 2,083 128 6.1 4,940 38.59 Retail Non-Food Trades 8,056 2,867 35.6 37,224 5,418 14.6 436,455 80.56 Retail Food and Allied Trades 9,303 3,757 40.4 37,269 7,833 21.0 599,818 76.58 Licensed Non-residential Establishment 7,247 2,047 28.2 49,408 6,149 12.4 499,377 81.21 Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant 3,453 1,581 45.8 34,450 4,477 13.0 339,127 75.75 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 1,548 565 36.5 8,678 1,585 18.3 100,948 63.69 Totals 34,657 12,154 35.1 210,087 28,373 13.5 2,100,512 74.03 * Including holiday remuneration.