§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the most recent information on the average earnings and earnings distribution of YTS leavers who enter employment ; and if he will break down the information by gender and by racial group.
§ Mr. CopeThe most recent information available from the England and Wales youth cohort study and the equivalent Scottish survey is given in the tables. The figures are broken down by gender; sample sizes are too small to allow a statistically reliable breakdown by ethnic group. 521W
Table 1: 1984 School Leavers—England and Wales YTS Leavers in Full-Time Job February 1986 Weekly take-home pay Total Male Female Weighted base 1,353 747 606 Up to £29.99 1 per cent. 1 per cent. 1 £30-£39.99 11 per cent. 6 per cent. 17 per cent. £40-£49.99 22 per cent. 25 per cent. 19 per cent. £50-£59.99 24 per cent. 23 per cent. 26 per cent. £60-£69.99 17 per cent. 19 per cent. 14 per cent. £ 70-£79.99 9 per cent. 10 per cent. 7 per cent. £80–99.99 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 4 per cent. £100-£149.99 2 per cent. 3 per cent. 1 per cent. £150+ 1 1 — Don't know/Not answered 9 per cent. 9 per cent. 10 per cent. Average £55.89 £57.82 £53.47 (Source: England and Wales Youth Cohort Study.)
1 Respondents who had left YTS between September 1984 and February 1986.
Table 2: 1984 School Leavers—Scotland YTS Leavers in Full-Time Job in Spring 1986 Weekly take home pay Total Male Female Unweighted base 819 434 385 Less than £20 1 — 1 £20-£29.99 1 per cent. 1 per cent. 1 per cent. £30–39.99 16 per cent. 12 per cent. 20 per cent. £40-£49.99 33 per cent. 39 per cent. 26 per cent. £50–59.99 22 per cent. 18 per cent. 27 per cent. £60-£69.99 16 per cent. 15 per cent. 16 per cent. £70-£79.99 7 per cent. 7 per cent. 6 per cent. £80-£89.99 3 per cent. 3 per cent. 3 per cent. £90-£99.99 1 per cent. 1 per cent. 1 per cent. £100+ 2 per cent. 3 per cent. 1 Average £48.79 £50.13 47.27 (Source: Scottish Young Peoples Survey)
1 Respondents who reported have been on YTS in October 1984 Spring 1986 or October 1985 and having since left YTS.
§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the sources of official information that give details of the earnings of employees in different racial groups.
§ Mr. LeeEarnings surveys carried out by the Department of Employment do not distinguish employees in different racial groups.
§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide information showing the numbers of male part-time workers in Great Britain in April and the proportion of these workers whose earnings fell below(a) £3.40 per hour and (b) £3.60 per hour.
§ Mr. LeeIn March 1987 it was estimated there were 869,000 male part-time employees in Great Britain. The latest information available on the distribution of hourly earnings of part-time employees is from the April 1987 new earnings survey. This indicates that of all part-time adult male employees in the survey sample whose gross earnings were not affected by absence, 76 per cent. earned less than £3.40 per hour and 79 per cent. earned less than £3.60 per hour. However, the new earnings survey sample does not include all part-time employees whose earnings are below the PAYE threshold.