§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General if he will provide details of recovery of arrears by the Wages Inspectorate in the same form as his reply on 23 May,
Hat, Cap and Millinery Wages Council 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (a) Arrears assessed but not recovered £15 — — — — £579 — (b) (a) above as a percentage of arrears paid 0.4 per cent. — — — — 87.1 per cent. — (c) arrears which it was not considered practicable to pursue *£15 — — — — — — (d) (c) above as a percentage of arrears paid 0.4 — — — — — — (e) workers for whom arrears were assessed but not recovered 1 — — — — 1 — (f) (e) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears 2.4 per cent. — — — — 14.3 per cent. — (g) workers for whom it was considered not practicable to pursue arrears 1 — — — — — — (h) (g) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears *2.4 per cent. — — — — — — 258W
Retail Bespoke Tailoring Wages Council 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (a) Arrears assessed but not recovered — — — — £3,000 — £2,460 (b) (a) above as a percentage of arrears paid — — — — †141.8 per cent. — †517.9 per cent. (c) arrears which it was not considered practicable to pursue — — — — — — — (d) (c) above as a percentage of arrears paid — — — — — — — (e) workers for whom arrears were assessed but not recovered — — — — 3 — 3 (f) (e) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears — — — — 25 per cent. — 75 per cent. (g) workers for whom it was considered not practicable to pursue arrears — — — — — — — (h) (g) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears — — — — — — — Official Report, column 358–60, separately for workers covered by the Hat, Cap and Millinery and the Retail Bespoke Tailoring Wages Councils.
§ Mr. TrippierThe information requested is given in the following table: 259W * These figures include data relating to arrears waived. Information concerning arrears which it was considered not practicable to pursue is not separately identifiable for 1979, 1980 and 1981.
† In each of these years, the amount assessed but not recovered exceeded the amount paid.