HC Deb 08 March 1990 vol 168 c803W
Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the proportion of female part-time workers in Great Britain, in April 1989, whose hourly earnings, exclusive of overtime, fell below(a) £2.80, (b) £3.00, (c) £3.20, (d) £3.60, (e) £4.00 and (f) £4.50.

Mr. Nicholls

The estimated percentages of part-time adult female employees earnings below specified amounts in the new earnings survey sample in April 1989 were:

Hourly earnings less than £ Percentage
2.80 39
30.0 48
3.20 57
3.60 69
4.00 77
4.50 83

Hourly earnings excluding overtime; earnings not affected by absence.