HC Deb 24 January 1990 vol 165 cc722-3W
Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of female part-time workers in Great Britain in April 1989, and in each standard economic region; and what was the proportion of those nationally and in each region whose earnings fell below(a) £4.15 per hour, (b) £4.30 per hour, (c) £3.10 per hour and (d) £2.80 per hour.

Mr. Nicholls

There were an estimated 4,301,000 part-time female employees in employment in March 1989. The estimated percentages of part-time adult female employees earning below specified amounts in the new earnings survey sample in April 1989 are given in table 175, part F of the new earnings survey 1989 report. Figures of the percentage earning below £3.10, £4.15 and £4.30 per hour are not available; the nearest available figures are given in table 175 except for the percentages earning below £3 which are provided in the following table:

Percentage of part-time females earning less than £3 per hour
per cent.
Great Britain 47
South East 34
East Anglia 47
South West 52
West Midlands 53
East Midlands 52
Yorkshire and Humberside 54
North West 49
North 61
Wales 54
Scotland 50

Note: Adult rates of pay; pay not affected by absence.

Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of male part-time workers in Great Britain in April 1989; and what was the proportion of those workers whose earnings fell below(a) £4.15 per; hour (b) £4.30 per hour, (c) £3.10 per hour and (d) £2.80 per hour.

Mr. Nicholls

There were an estimated 901,000 part-time male employees in employment in March 1989. The estimated percentages of adult male part-time employees earning below specified amounts in the new earnings survey sample in April 1989 were:

Hourly earnings less than Percentage
£2.80 38
£3.00 45
£3.20 53
£4.00 70
£4.50 75

Figures of the percentage earning below £3.10, £4.15 and £4.30 per hour are not available; the nearest available figures have been given.