HC Deb 20 November 1984 vol 68 cc139-40W
Mr. Nellist

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many wages council establishments in Coventry and the west midlands were found to be underpaying in the last year; how many workers were involved; and what was the amount of arrears paid and the number of prosecutions.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Statistics are not collected for geographical areas smaller than Wages Inspectorate

the preliminary (unaudited) costs of providing the service in 1983–84 have all been recovered from the fees charged for services provided.

‡Some orders are for more than one vacancy, but records of the number of vacancies relating to the orders notified to the service are not kept.