§ Mr. Prescottasked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table showing the proportion of full-time employees in Great Britain who, in the new earnings survey 1986, are paid less than £50, £60, £70, £80, £90, £100, £110, £120, £130, £150 and £200, respectively, when overtime earnings are excluded, for (a) all adults, (b) all males and (c) all females, and sub-divided into (i) manual and (ii) non-manual males and females.
§ Mr. LeeThe information requested is published in table 39 of part B of the report on the new earnings survey 1986, a copy of which is in the Library. The data relates to full-time adults working a full week whose pay was not affected by absence.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Paymaster General if he will publish (a) the latest estimates of the number of part-time female and male workers and (b) the estimated proportion of part-time male workers being paid less than (i) £2.00, (ii) £3.00, (iii) £3.20, and (iv) £3.40 an hour in April 1985 and April 1986.
§ Mr. TrippierThe available information is as follows:
(a) Numbers of part-lime employees Great Britain thousand Males Females March 1985 792 3,899 March 1986 819 3,866 September 1986 868 3,973
(b) Percentage of part-time adult male employees earning specified amounts April Great Britain 1985 Percentage 1986 Percentage With earning less than: (i) £20.0 per hour 26 17 (ii) £3.00 per hour 68 69 (iii) £3.20 per hour 71 73 (iv) £3.40 per hour 73 75