HC Deb 27 October 1987 vol 121 c209W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate the number of workers in Wales who earn less than £3 per hour and the percentage which they constitute of the total Welsh work force.

Mr. Peter Walker

An estimate of the number of workers is not available, but results of the 1986 new earnings survey indicate that 28.6 per cent. of full-time adult workers in Wales whose earnings were not affected by absence earn less than £3 per hour.

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