§ Mr. Prescottasked the Paymaster General if he will state the estimated proportion of all part-time female workers being paid less than (i) £2, (ii) £3, (iii) £32.0 and (iv) £3.40 an hour in April 1985 and April 1986; and if he will provide the same data subdivided into (i) manual and (ii) non-manual females.
§ Mr. LeeThe available information comes from the new earnings survey and relates to part-time female employees on adult rates whose earnings were not affected by absence:
Great Britain Percentage with gross hourly earnings below 200p 300p 320p 340p April 1985 Part-time females manual 44 92 94 96 non-manual 19 67 72 77 all 31 79 83 86 April 1986 Part-time females manual 21 89 93 95 non-manual 8 61 67 72 all 14 74 79 83 The new earnings survey sample does not include all part-time employees whose earnings are below the national insurance threshold. Comparisons between years will be affected by changes in this threshold particularly at the lower levels of earnings shown in this table.