§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General if, on the basis of the labour force survey, he will list how many (a) men, (b) women, (c) men and women (i) said they would like a job and were available to start work in the next two weeks, (ii) said they would like a job but were not available to start work in the next two weeks but had sought work in the last four weeks and (iii) said they would like a job; and if he will provide estimates for Scotland, Wales and each region.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General (1) if he will list the numbers employed in each parliamentary constituency in 1984, on the basis of his results from the labour force survey, showing for each constituency the gains and losses in employees since 1981;
(2) if he will publish the April unemployment rates for the United Kingdom and each region, including Scotland and Wales, using the new employment estimate contained in the 1984 census of employment.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General if he will list the numbers employed in (a) manufacturing 333W industry and (b) manufacturing and construction industry in each parliamentary constituency in 1984, on the basis of his results from the labour force survey, showing for each constituency, the gains and losses in (a) manufacturing and (b) manufacturing and construction employees since 1981.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information requested is not available. The labour force survey only provides estimates at national and regional level and is not designed to provide information for smaller areas such as parliamentary constituencies. The available constituency figures are the same as given in my reply to the hon. Member on 10 April 1987, at columns 435–443.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Paymaster General if he will list the number of people who have been continuously unemployed since June 1983 for each region of the country and for Scotland and Wales.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend on 10 April 1987 at column 434.
Table 1 Establishments Covered by wages councils on register—January 1986 Wages Councils London South Eastern Eastern South Western Midlands North Western Yorkshire and Humberside Northern Scotland Wales Total Aerated Waters 10 10 171 10 59 100 25 19 64 11 479 Clothing Manufacture 1,736 133 504 212 1,360 1,000 462 210 387 179 6,183 Boot & Shoe Repairing 871 192 218 157 238 359 236 77 241 52 2,641 Button Manufacturing 18 3 5 2 15 6 5 1 — 3 58 Coffin Furniture & Cerement Making 1 — — 2 6 4 5 — 9 — 27 Cotton Waste Reclamation 4 — — 1 — 32 4 — — 1 42 Flax and Hemp — — — 1 — — 1 — 19 — 21 Fur 166 8 29 6 13 52 14 1 41 5 335 General Waste Materials Reclamation 121 58 157 102 303 324 261 86 127 86 1,525 Hairdressing Undertakings 2,172 2,317 4,802 2,601 5,399 5,671 3,285 1,939 2,900 1,644 32,731 Hat, Cap & Millinery 22 3 48 4 11 21 12 7 2 3 133 Lace Finishing 1 — — — 63 — — — 3 1 68 Laundry 159 93 129 80 127 62 42 48 124 54 918 Linen & Cotton Handkerchief 11 — 2 3 19 124 5 1 8 4 177 Made-up Textiles 40 12 53 21 47 46 35 23 39 16 332 Ostrich & Fancy Feather 5 1 11 3 1 — — 4 — — 25 Perambulator & Invalid Carriage 2 1 6 1 9 5 5 1 2 1 33 Retail Bespoke Tailoring 212 36 83 36 42 50 56 16 37 7 575 Rope, Twine & Net 1 1 6 12 16 22 15 4 27 1 105 Sack & Bag 12 — 9 2 15 32 13 4 5 6 98 Toy Manufacturing 13 20 57 22 35 52 39 11 7 14 270 Retail Trades (Non-Food) 15,154 8,837 13,948 7,184 20,026 12,101 8,881 4,290 9,419 3,876 103,716 Retail Food & Allied Trades 9,709 10,804 16,758 9,083 13,908 15,193 10,354 7,749 12,248 5,218 111,024 Licensed Non-Residential 4,024 4,408 8,427 5,200 12,097 9,725 7,083 4,021 5,371 4,053 64,409 Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant 6,607 2,889 3,805 5,267 2,739 2,377 1,835 1,467 3,816 2,026 32,828 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 3,938 1,568 2,211 1,542 1,691 1,568 1,220 897 1,551 868 17,054 Total 45,009 31,394 51,439 31,554 58,239 48,926 33,894 20,876 36,447 18,129 375,907
Table 2 Checks of pay carried out at establishments and underpayments found—analysis by wages council 1986 All checks pay (visited and not visited) Inspections by visit Establishments checked Percentage of register checked Number of establishments underpaying Percentage of establishments underpaying Establishments visited Percentage of register visited Number of establishments visited underpaying Percentage of establishments visited underpaying Aerated Waters 65 13.6 1 1.5 32 6.7 1 3.1 Clothing Manufacturing 882 14.3 315 35.7 853 13.8 315 36.9 Boot and Shoe Repairing 216 8.2 23 10.6 188 7.1 23 12.2 Button Manufacturing 11 19.0 — 10.6 11 19.0 — —