§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on plans for restructuring the wages inspectorate in Wales.
§ Mr. NichollsThere are no plans to restructure the wages inspectorate in Wales.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of establishments visited in Wales by wages inspectors in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information requested is given in the following table.
Number visited 1979 2,097 1980 2,131 1981 1,753 1982 1,720 1983 1,508 1984 1,249 1985 1,577 1986 1,318 1987 1,039 1988 1,014 1989 970
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the number of wages 59W inspectorate officers with responsibility for Wales at (a) senior executive officer grade, (b) higher executive officer grade and (c) clerical grades.
§ Mr. NichollsWages inspection in Wales is the responsibility of the wages inspectorate divisional offices in Manchester and Bristol and is not administered separately from the other areas covered by those offices.
The total number of staff in those offices at the grades specified is given in the table.
Staff Senior executive officer grade 2.0 Higher executive officer grade 5.0 Clerical grades 8.5