§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General what is his Department's estimate of the number of professionally qualified women who are not presently working and who could potentially be attracted back into work.
§ Mr. LeePreliminary labour force survey results for the spring of 1986 estimate that 184,000 women of working age (ie 16 to 59) with a degree or equivalent qualification were either unemployed or economically inactive in Great Britain.
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§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General, if he will estimate, for the latest available date the total known annual amount of income received by individuals; of this, how much is paid (a) in wages and salaries to employees, (b) through other forms of remuneration deriving from employment, (c) from the profits of or remuneration of self-employment, (d) by way of interest, dividends and
£ million 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Total of which 200,178 221,221 242,535 261,473 281,427 308,426 (a) Wages and salaries including pay in cash of HM Forces 117,151 125,441 134,302 143,926 153,288 166,612 (b) Income in kind and employers' contributions 20,201 22,740 24,113 26,137 27,060 28,738 (c) Income from self-employment 1 13,862 15,291 17,291 19,551 22,442 24,240 (d) Rent, dividends and interest (gross receipts) 13,605 13,889 15,828 15,562 17,401 21,986 (e) State retirement pensions, widows benefit etc 10,946 12,846 14,231 15,325 16,314 16,999 (f) Other Social Security benefits and other grants from general government 2 12,968 16,509 20,160 22,060 23,955 26,414 (g)(i) Other current transfers 1,448 1,620 1,815 2,082 2,290 2,450 (ii) Pensions and other benefits from life insurance and pensions 9,997 12,885 14,795 16,830 18,677 20,987 1 After deducting interest payments, depreciation and stock appreciation. 2 Includes family benefits, supplementary benefit, unemployment benefit other social security benefits and remission of rent. Source: Derived from tables 4.1 and 4.4 of "United Kingdom National Accounts" 1986 edition.