§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General if he will publish for each year from 1979 to 1985 the total number of home workers in respect of whom the Wages Inspectorate examined employers records; and in how
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Homeworkers whose pay was checked 3,570 2,565 1,665 1,358 1,974 1,883 1,606 Homeworkers found to have been underpaid 101 160 91 113 59 122 21 Arrears paid £s 4,065 5,326 4,815 10,221 8,325 25,814 2,242 In every establishment inspected where work was given out a sample of homeworkers was selected for visit to confirm the accuracy of the employers' records.