§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a breakdown by wages
Table A: Prosecutions for underpayment Division 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 London 3 — 1 1 — — — — — — South East — — — — — — 1 1 2 1 Eastern — 1 1 2 1 1 — 1 — 2 South West 4 2 3 — 1 1 — — — 2 Midlands — — — — — — 1 — 1 1 North West — 1 1 — — — — — 1 2 Yorkshire and Humberside 1 1 1 — — — 1 — — 2 Northern 1 3 1 1 — — — — — — Scotland — — — — — — — — — — Totals 9 8 8 4 2 2 2 2 4 10
Table B: Establishments found to be underpaying 1979–85 Division 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 London (East) 431 495 440 391 441 324 298 London (West) 249 259 270 294 339 354 357 South East 521 769 749 764 871 703 670 Southern 585 576 450 441 494 475 556 Eastern 685 941 848 726 727 914 688 South West 1,010 1,201 1,070 954 1,078 1,033 929 Midlands (East) 634 771 623 532 573 534 430 Midlands (West) 605 674 598 666 543 552 712 North West (East) 946 879 613 648 704 560 529 North West (West) 1,115 1,060 688 652 865 886 804 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,156 1,119 871 964 941 1,026 818 Northern 893 902 736 552 630 721 815 Scotland (East) 710 687 529 515 525 480 488 Scotland (West) 597 750 556 349 389 365 361 Wales 832 1,071 1,033 821 722 534 609 Totals 10,969 12,154 10,074 9,269 9,842 9,461 9,064
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Table C: Establishments found to be underpaying 1986–88 Division 1986 1987 1988 London 608 270 317 South East 646 503 537 Eastern 974 405 462 South West 832 961 1,156 Midlands 943 525 747 North East 1,397 541 869
§ Mr. Lee[holding answer 28 February 1989]: Estimates from the 1987 labour force survey (LFS) of the number of full and part-time employees in Great Britain, by the length of time continuously employed by their current employer, are shown in the following table:
inspectorate division of the information given in his answer of 17 January, Official Report, column 182, regarding the establishments underpaying and prosecutions for underpayment of wages council rates.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information requested is given in the tables:
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Division 1986 1987 1988 Yorkshire and Humberside 805 511 631 Northern 844 404 369 Scotland 656 323 509 Wales 500 — — Totals 8,205 4,443 5,597 Note: The statistics of underpayments have been separated into two tables because the divisional boundaries were changed in 1986.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the levels of employment and changes in employment levels for each wages council for each year from 1979 to 1988.
Comparison of the 1979, 1982 and 1987 estimates of coverage by wages councils Number of workers covered 1979 1982 1987 Wages council All workers Excluding under-21s Retail trades (non-food) 563,700 512,800 745,000 Licensed non-residential establishment 470,000 508,700 492,000 Retail food and allied trades 522,800 519,300 465,000 Licensed residential establishment and licensed restaurant 530,000 555,300 379,000 Clothing1 294,500 252,800 147,000 Unlicensed place of refreshment 121,900 116,400 96,000 Hairdressing undertakings 128,600 135,600 64,000 Laundry 39,200 33,700 26,000 General waste materials reclamation 20,200 19,300 13,000 Toy manufacturing 23,300 18,900 11,000 Aerated waters 14,900 15,000 5,500 Boot and shoe repairing 7,900 7,100 5,000 Hat cap and millinery 7,800 6,800 4,000 Retail bespoke tailoring 5,000 5,200 4,000 Made-up textiles 6,500 4,800 3,000 Linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece goods 5,600 5,200 2,500 Rope twine and net 4,000 4,000 2,500 Perambulator and invalid carriage 2,100 1,500 2,000 Fur 5,100 4,500 1,500 Button manufacturing 3,300 2,100 1,000 Sack and bag 1,800 1,400 1,000 Lace finishing 700 800 900 Flax and hemp 2,300 1,400 500 Ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower 1,500 1,400 500 Cotton waste reclamation 400 500 300 Coffin furniture and cerement-making 500 300 200 TOTAL 2,783,600 2,734,800 2,472,400 1 In 1979 there were seven councils covering the clothing manufacturing trade.
§ Ms. ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the statistics on wages council employment and compliance
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Table 1 Establishments Covered by Wages Councils on Register—as at January 1988 Divisions London S. East Eastern S. West Midlands N. West Yorks & H'side North Scotland Great Britain Wages Councils Aerated Waters 7 14 57 16 111 25 24 22 66 342 Clothing Manufacture 3,006 159 306 301 1,282 937 452 214 307 6,964 Boot and Shoe Repairing 764 255 258 345 373 406 277 70 130 2,878 Button Manufacturing 18 4 4 4 18 4 3 1 1 57 Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making 1 — — 2 8 2 5 0 2 20 Cotton Waste Reclamation — — — — 1 28 8 3 2 42 Flax and Hemp — — — 1 — — — 1 6 8 Fur 147 8 3 7 14 28 11 3 36 262 General Waste Materials Reclamation 124 74 107 151 291 308 240 99 137 1,531 Hairdressing Undertakings 4,482 3,181 3,302 4,106 5,362 5,171 3,029 1,968 2,840 33,441 Hat Cap and Millinery 25 2 44 5 12 14 8 11 2 123 Lace Finishing — — — 1 73 — — — — 74
§ Mr. NichollsStatistical returns of the number of workers in Great Britain employed in establishments within scope of wages councils are not collected, but periodic estimates are made. The results of exercises conducted in 1979, 1982 and 1987 are shown in the table. The figures in the third column exclude young people under 21 who are in scope of t he legislation but for whom the councils are not empowered to fix minimum rates.
with wages council rates in 1988, in the same format as in the reply given on 4 March 1988, Official Report, columns 731–36.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information requested is given in the following tables:
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Divisions London S. East Eastern S. West Midlands N. West Yorks & H'Side North Scotland Great Britain Laundry 215 281 79 114 105 68 67 35 122 1,086 Linen and Cotton Handkerchief 2 1 3 3 10 80 9 1 5 114 Made-up Textile 34 13 36 31 51 34 42 18 33 292 Ostrich and Fancy Feather 12 1 6 4 — — — 4 3 30 Perambulator and Invalid Carriage 3 2 5 3 11 4 6 1 1 36 Retail Bespoke Tailoring 180 55 52 38 42 52 39 14 37 509 Rope Twine and Net — 1 5 12 5 20 18 5 19 85 Sack and Bag 20 — 7 5 14 20 12 2 6 86 Toy Manufacturing 17 16 45 30 35 40 32 15 9 239 Retail Non-Food Trades 20,069 11,990 9,840 12,085 19,457 13,350 8,712 4,495 8,840 108,838 Retail Food and Allied Trades 11,770 13,100 10,066 12,853 13,339 15,891 10,018 7,199 10,881 105,117 Licensed Non-Residential 6,263 5,962 6,363 9,323 12,406 9,540 6,452 4,001 5,429 65,739 Licensed Residential and Restaurant 5,023 3,901 3,595 6,842 3,591 3,355 2,013 1,418 3,890 33,628 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 4,143 2,049 1,540 2,585 1,746 1,977 1,324 851 1,497 17,712 Total 56,325 41,069 35,728 48,867 58,357 51,354 32,801 20,451 34,301 379,253
Table 2 Establishments checked and underpayments found in wages council trades—1 Wages councils Establishments checked by all methods Percentage of register checked Establishments checked by visit Percentage of register checked by visit Establishments found underpaying Percentage of all establishments checked underpaying Percentage of establishments visited underpaying Aerated waters 31 9.0 21 6.1 2 6.4 9.5 Clothing manufacture 603 8.6 559 8.0 128 21.2 22.8 Boot and shoe repairing 245 8.5 166 5.7 18 7.3 10.8 Button manufacturing 7 12.2 6 10.5 — — — Coffin furniture and cerement making 3 15.0 2 10.0 — — — Cotton waste reclamation 4 9.5 4 9.5 — — — Flax and hemp — — — — — — — Fur 18 6.8 18 6.8 2 11.1 11.1 General waste materials reclamation 150 9.7 111 7.2 11 7.3 9.9 Hairdressing undertakings 2,392 7.1 1,654 4.9 330 13.7 19.9 Hat, cap and millinery 26 21.1 23 18.6 — — — Lace finishing — — — — — — — Laundry 125 11.5 97 8.9 20 16.0 20.6 Linen and cotton handkerchief 12 10.5 11 9.6 4 33.3 36.3 Made-up textile 32 10.9 25 8.5 2 6.2 8.0 Ostrich and fancy feather 3 10.0 2 6.6 — — — Perambulator and invalid carriage 2 5.5 — — — — — Retail bespoke tailoring 43 8.4 37 7.2 6 13.9 16.2 Rope, twine and net 8 9.4 6 7.0 — — — Sack and bag 12 13.9 11 12.7 — — — Toy manufacturing 24 10.0 23 9.6 2 8.3 8.6 Retail non-food trades 9,649 8.8 4,219 3.8 1,130 11.7 26.7 Retail food and allied trades 9,860 9.3 5,713 5.4 2,143 21.7 37.5 Licensed non-residential 5,063 7.7 3,503 5.3 1,016 20.0 29.0 Licensed residential and restaurant 2,631 7.8 2,143 6.3 405 15.3 18.8 Unlicensed place of refreshment 1,530 8.6 1,218 6.8 378 24.7 31.0 Total 32,474 8.6 19,573 5.2 5,597 17.2 28.6
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Table 3 Workers covered by wages councils and results of checks—1988 Wages councils Number of workers covered by Wages Order (Est. 1988) Workers whose pay was checked by all methods Workers whose pay was checked by visit Workers found underpaid Percentage underpaid of all workers checked Percentage underpaid of all workers checked by visit Arrears paid Arrears not pursued at workers request Arrears not pursued for other reasons Total arrears assessed as due £ £ £ £ Aerated waters 5,500 2,798 390 13 0.4 3.3 336 — — 336 Clothing manufacture 147,000 12,662 11,083 453 3.5 4.0 31,015 10,469 7,546 49,030 Boot and shoe repairing 5,000 759 548 20 2.6 3.6 1,623 652 — 2,275
Wages councils Number of workers covered by Wages Order (Est. 1988) Workers whose pay was checked by all methods Workers whose pay was checked by visit Workers found underpaid Percentage underpaid of all workers checked Percentage underpaid of all workers checked by visit Arrears paid Arrears not pursued at workers request Arrears not pursued for other reasons Total arrears assessed as due £ £ £ £ Button manufacturing 1,000 163 150 — — — — — — — Coffin furniture and cerement making 200 42 32 — — — — — — — Cotton waste reclamation 300 54 54 — — — — — — — Flex and hemp 500 — — — — — — — — — Fur 1,500 220 220 2 0.9 0.9 150 120 1,654 1,924 General waste materials reclamation 13,000 1,425 1,163 12 0.8 1.0 2,204 — 167 2,371 Hairdressing undertakings 64,000 8,063 5,515 418 5.1 7.5 41,742 6,822 6,397 54,961 Hat cap and millinery 4,000 651 599 — — — — — — — Lace finishing 900 — — — — — — — — — Laundry 26,000 4,044 2,696 42 1.0 1.5 3,685 347 2,730 6,762 Linen and cotton handkerchief 2,500 404 396 49 12.1 12.3 2,766 2,771 — 5,537 Made-up textile 3,000 540 440 8 1.4 1.8 125 — — 125 Ostrich and fancy feather 500 33 15 — — — — — — — Perambulator and invalid carriage 2,000 139 — — — — — — — — Retail bespoke tailoring 4,000 161 147 8 4.9 5.4 474 107 — 581 Rope twine and net 2,500 300 234 — — — — — — — Sack and bag 1,000 154 124 — — — — — — — Toy manufacturing 11,000 583 571 4 0.6 0.7 23 — 259 282 Retail non-food trades 745,000 95,502 17,849 1,731 1.8 9.6 156,327 69,883 24,049 250,259 Retail food and allied trades 465,000 121,718 21,598 4,052 3.3 18.7 321,851 158,094 74,568 554,513 Licensed non-residential 492,000 33,200 22,541 2,532 7.6 11.2 160,502 23,012 22,590 206,104 Licensed residential and restaurant 379,000 30,898 26,524 753 2.4 2.8 67,220 5,304 13,685 86,209 Unlicensed Place of refreshment 96,000 8,526 6,182 763 8.9 12.3 52,149 18,165 11,934 82,248 Total 2,472,400 323,091 119,123 10,860 3.3 9.1 842,192 295,746 165,579 1,303,517
Table 4 Checks carried out and underpayments found in wages inspectorate divisions—1988 Division Establishments checked by all methods Percentage of register checked Establishments checked by visit Percentage of register checked by visit Establishments found underpaying Percentage of all establishments checked underpaying Percentage of establishments visited underpaying London 3,732 6.6 1,893 3.4 317 8.5 16.7 South East 2,539 6.2 1,654 4.0 537 21.2 32.5 Eastern 5,415 151 2,509 7.0 462 8.5 18.4 South West 3,586 7.3 2,512 5.1 1,156 32.2 46.0 Midlands 4,999 8.6 2,609 4.5 747 14.9 28.6 North West 4,085 7.9 3,198 6.2 869 21.3 27.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 3,123 9.5 1,931 5.9 631 20.2 32.7 Northern 1,686 8.2 1,004 4.9 369 21.9 36.8 Scotland 3,309 9.6 2,263 6.6 509 15.4 22.5 Great Britain 32,474 8.6 19,573 5.2 5,597 17.2 28.6 All branches of mulitiple firms are recorded under the division in which the Head Office is located. Account has to be taken of this when comparing divisional figures.
Table 5 Workers whose pay was checked in wages inspectorate divisions—1988 Division Workers whose pay was checked by all methods Workers whose pay was checked by visit Workers found underpaid Per cent, underpaid of all workers checked Per cent, underpaid of all workers checked by visit Arrears paid Arrears not pursued at workers request Arrears not pursued for other reasons Total arrears assessed as due £ £ £ £ London 54,501 13,365 513 0.9 3.8 65,756 5,588 7,186 78,530 South East 13,089 8,635 975 7.4 11.3 87,439 27,315 7,810 122,564 Eastern 50,221 14,996 895 1.8 5.7 79,713 21,590 47,460 148,763 South. West 20,855 14,015 2,204 10.6 15.7 133,376 58,255 30,952 222,583 Midlands 36,503 18,222 1,425 3.9 7.8 113,335 50,908 26,455 190,698 North West 94,318 19,369 1,697 1.8 8.7 144,990 52,505 14,531 212,026 Yorkshire and Humberside 22,405 10,741 1,270 5.7 11.8 72,947 44,466 6,088 123,501 Northern 8,827 5,553 784 8.9 14.1 60,465 6,734 9,139 76,338 Scotland 22,372 14,228 1,097 4.9 7.7 84,171 28,385 15,958 128,514 Great Britain 323,091 119,123 10,860 3.4 9.1 842,192 295,746 165,579 1,303,517 The numbers of workers in branches of multiple firms are recorded under the division in which the Head Office is located. Account has to be taken of this when comparing divisional figures.
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