§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he will list the number of firms inspected by the Wages Inspectorate in the past three years and the number of establishments which were found to be contravening wages orders, the number of employees these contraventions affected and the amount of money which had been underpaid.
§ Mr. ButlerThe information requested is given in the following table:
1981 1982 1983 Establishments at which workers' pay was checked 2,088 1,744 1,599 Establishments found to have underpaid one or more workers 33 39 34 Number of workers underpaid 66 93 86 Arrears assessed £7,885 £35,538 £14,361