§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on the distribution between age groups of cases of illegal underpayments.
§ Mr. NichollsI regret that the information requested is not available.
§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases of illegal underpayment of workers by their employers there were in each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Patrick NichollsThe numbers of workers found to be underpaid under wages council legislation were as follows:
Number 1974 15,368 1975 22,604 1976 24,831 1977 26,920 1978 22,671 1979 22,457 1980 28,373 1981 24,117 1982 20,406 1983 20,832 1984 18,043 1985 16,948 1986 15,533 1987 9,129
§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many cases of underpayment the wages inspectorate investigated in the north-west division in each 643W of the past five years; how many were the results of complaints by staff; how many were the results of routine spot checks; and what were the outcomes.
§ Mr. Nicholls[pursuant to his reply, 15 February 1988, c. 472]: In my earlier reply I undertook to give information for 1987. This is as follows:
Outcome of checks of pay carried out at establishments in north-west division, 1987 Number Checked by visit (routine) 2,267 Found to be underpaying 254 Checked by visit (complaint) 440 Found to be underpaying 287