§ Ms. Clare Shortasked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table showing for each year from 1979 to 1985 (a) the amount of arrears assessed by the Wages Inspectorate as due to workers covered by wages councils but not recovered, (b) the amount where recovery was not considered practicable, (c) these amounts expressed as
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (a) Arrears assessed but not recovered £ 143,246 195,597 263,980 425,110 556,243 559,037 719,694 (b) (a) above as a percentage of arrears paid †9.5 †9.3 †2.9 †22.8 †29.9 †29.8 †41.2 (c) Arrears which it was considered not practicable to pursue £ *143,246 *195,597 263,980 174,749 243,507 267,015 365,272 (d) (c) above as a percentage of arrears paid †9.5 †9.3 †12.9 †9.4 †13.l †l4.3 †20.9 (e) Workers for whom arrears were assessed but not recovered 766 941 1,365 1,844 2,338 2.242 2,670 (f) (e) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears †3.4 †3.3 †5.6 †79.9 †12.6 †14.2 †18.7 (g) Workers for whom it was considered not practicable to pursue arrears *766 *941 *1,365 851 1,111 1,193 1,450 (h) (g) above as a percentage of workers paid arrears †3.4 †3.3 †5.6 †4.6 †6.0 †7.5 †10.1 * 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. † per cent.