HC Deb 23 May 1986 vol 98 cc359-60W
Ms. Clare Short

asked the Paymaster General if he will publish for each year from 1979 to 1985 the total number of establishments where employers were found by the Wages Inspectorate not to have displayed copies of wages orders as a percentage of the establishments visited by the inspectorate.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The information requested is given in the following table.

Establishments not displaying wages council notices as a percentage of establishments visited.
per cent.
1979 24.5
1980 26.5
1981 27.9
1982 18.2
1983 28.0
1984 32.1
1985 31.9

percentages of the arrears actually recovered, (d) the number of workers in respect of whom arrears were assessed but not recovered, (e) the number of workers for whom recovery of arrears was not considered practicable and (f) both numbers as percentages of the number of workers to whom arrears were actually paid.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The information requested is given in the following table:

many cases the accuracy of the employers' records were checked, the total number of home workers found to be underpaid and the total amount of arrears collected for home workers.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The information requested is given in the following table.