Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) full-time males on adult rates, (b) full-time females on adult rates and (c) full-time employees on adult rates earned (i) £110 per week or less and (ii) £120 per week or less, in England and each of the standard English regions, during the last year for which figures are available; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. LeeInformation on the distribution of earnings by regions is published, for males and females separately, in table 113 of part E of the annual reports of the new earnings survey, copies of which are available in the Library for the years requested including 1987. The same information is not available for all employees prior to 1984 but the data from 1984 onwards are as follows:508W
Full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose earnings were not affected by absence 1984 1985 1986 1987 Percentage earning less than £110 per week South East 21.2 17.1 13.1 10.1 East Anglia 31.0 24.5 19.4 16.2 South West 32.0 26.1 21.4 18.4 West Midlands 30.2 25.5 21.1 17.2 East Midlands 31.8 26.9 22.0 18.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 30.9 25.2 21.4 17.4 North West 30.5 24.7 20.2 16.6 North 31.0 25.5 21.3 17.0 England 27.1 22.2 17.9 14.4 Percentage earning less than £120 per week South East 28.1 23.0 17.9 14.3 East Anglia 38.7 31.8 25.6 21.7 South West 39.4 33.3 27.9 24.0 West Midlands 37.5 32.1 26.7 22.6 East Midlands 39.5 34.5 28.3 24.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 38.4 32.0 27.8 23.6 North West 37.8 32.3 26.5 22.4 North 38.4 32.7 27.3 22.3 England 34.4 28.9 23.6 19.6