§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the latest available data on the number and percentage of part-time jobs that pay less than the national insurance threshold.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardI have been asked to reply.
The latest available data on part-time employment indicate that in 1989 there were on average some 5.3 million part-time employees in Great Britain. It is estimated that about 2.5 million (47 per cent.) of those earned below the lower earnings limit for national insurance.