HC Deb 15 April 1991 vol 189 cc70-5W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show for full-time workers the percentage earning less than £170 and £180, giving the information for (a) women and (b) men for (1) manual, (2) non-manual and (3) all workers, excluding overtime pay for (i) Scotland, (ii) the regions of Scotland and (iii) Great Britain.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the new earnings survey is given in the following tables.

Mr. Andrew Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide details of the number of male employees in part-time employment for(a) Scotland and (b) Great Britain; and if he will provide a regional breakdown for each.

Mr. Jackson

There were an estimated 953,600 male employees in part-time employment in Great Britain in September 1990, the latest date for which information is available. Estimates for the regions are available only from the census of employment. The latest available are for September 1989 and are given in the table.

Male employees in part-time employment: September 1989
Great Britain and regions Numbers (000s)
Great Britain 920.8
South East 342.9
East Anglia 33.8
South West 85.2
West Midlands 78.6
East Midlands 64.2
Yorks & Humberside 72.3
North West 90.6
North 40.0
Wales 37.2
Scotland 76.1
Part-time females on adult rates
Average Gross Weekly Earnings (£) Average Weekly Hours Average Gross Hourly Earnings (pence)
Manual Non-man All Manual Total Non-man All Manual Overtime Non-man All Manual Non-man All
Scotland 59.1 94.8 79.0 19.2 20.4 19.9 0.6 0.8 0.7 308.2 462.6 396.3
Borders .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Central .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 291.0 .. ..
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Fife .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 290.9 .. ..
Grampian 54.1 .. 77.9 18.3 .. 18.8 1.2 .. 1.1 301.3 451.9 386.2
Highland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Lothian 56.4 96.6 79.8 18.2 20.7 19.7 0.6 0.9 0.8 312.4 467.2 406.2
Strathclyde 62.1 94.2 80.1 20.3 20.4 20.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 312.3 466.1 397.2
Tayside .. .. 76.7 .. .. 19.5 .. .. 0.5 311.2 .. 399.1
Islands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Highland and islands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 292.2 .. ..
Great Britain 58.9 89.2 76.3 18.5 20.1 19.4 0.8 0.9 0.8 321.4 446.6 395.1

Notes:

1. ".." denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimates.

2. The Survey excludes significant numbers of part-time employees with low weekly earnings.

Mr. Andrew Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide in a table the percentage of women in part-time employment who earn less than £2 per hour, less than £3 per hour, £3.40 per hour, £3.50 per hour, £4.50 per hour and £5 per hour for the categories(a) manual employment, (b) non-manual employment and (c) all women in (i) Scotland, (ii) the regions of Scotland and (iii) Great Britain as a whole.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the new earnings survey is given in the following tables.

Part-lime females on adult rates percentage with hourly earnings less than £2.00
Manual Non-manual All
Scotland 3.9 1.5 2.6
Borders .. .. ..
Central 5.0 .. ..
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. ..
Fife 2.0 .. ..
Grampian 4.2 0.9 2.4
Highland .. .. ..
Great Britain and regions Numbers (000s)
Regions of Scotland
Borders 1.6
Central 3.5
Dumfries & Galloway 1.8
Fife 3.8
Grampian 9.4
Highland 3.8
Lothian 11.1
Strathclyde 33.2
Tayside 6.6
Orkney 0.5
Shetland 0.5
Western Isles 0.4

Mr. Andrew Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show for part-time women workers(a) average gross weekly earnings, (b) average weekly hours, total and overtime and (c) average gross hourly earnings for (i) manual, (ii) non-manual and (iii) all part-time women workers in (1) Great Britain, (2) Scotland and (3) the regions of Scotland.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the new earnings survey is given in the following table.

Manual Non-manual All
Lothian 3.4 1.5 2.3
Strathclyde 4.2 1.6 2.7
Tayside 5.3 .. 3.6
Islands .. .. ..
Highlands and Islands 2.5 .. ..
Great Britain 2.6 1.7 2.1
Part-time females on adult rates percentage with hourly earnings less than £3.00
Manual Non-manual All
Scotland 52.4 25.8 37.8
Borders .. .. ..
Central 0.80 .. ..
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. ..
Fife 71.4 .. ..
Grampian 57.9 29.9 42.5
Highland .. .. ..
Lothian 50.3 21.1 33.5
Strathclyde 46.7 25.6 35.1
Manual Non-manual All
Tayside 0.48 .. 36.5
Islands .. .. ..
Highlands and Islands 0.60 .. ..
Great Britain 52.1 23.5 35.

Note: ".." denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimates.

Part-time females on adult rates. Percentage with hourly earnings less than £3.40
Manual Non-manual All
Scotland 75.1 36.8 53.8
Borders .. .. ..
Central 87.5 .. ..
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. ..
Fife 85.7 .. ..
Grampian 70.5 39.3 53.3
Highland .. .. ..
Lothian 78.2 34.2 52.9
Strathclyde 70.6 33.3 50.1
Tayside 84.0 .. 58.1
Islands .. .. ..
Highland and Islands 77.5 .. ..
Great Britain 71.8 37.2 52.2
Part-time females on adult rates. Percentage with hourly earnings less than £3.60
Manual Non-manual All
Scotland 83.5 43.2 61.1
Borders .. .. ..
Central 87.5 .. ..
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. ..
Fife 89.8 .. ..
Grampian 86.3 41.9 61.8
Highland .. .. ..
Lothian 83.7 41.7 59.5
Strathclyde 81.1 41.7 59.4
Tayside 90.7 .. 63.5
Islands .. .. ..
Highland and Islands 82.5 .. ..
Great Britain 79.2 43.8 59.1

Note: ".." denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimates.

Full time employees on adult rates: percentage with weekly earnings including overtime less than £120
Manual Women Non-manual All Manual Men Non-manual All
Scotland 39.2 14.7 20.3 5.6 3.1 4.4
Borders .. .. 48.8 6.6 .. ..
Central 41.3 16.2 23.7 3.2 2.4 2.9
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. 31.2 5.7 .. 5.2
Fife 40.5 16.0 23.8 5.4 5.0 5.2
Grampian .. 15.4 23.2 4.6 1.7 3.3
Highland .. 18.2 27.0 5.6 .. 4.5
Lothian 34.9 9.5 13.5 5.1 3.1 4.0
Strathclyde 34.3 14.7 19.1 5.9 2.8 4.4
Tayside 36.8 17.2 22.3 9.0 4.7 7.1
Islands .. .. .. .. .. 5.2
Highland and islands .. 17.0 24.6 5.3 3.8 4.7
Great Britain 33.0 10.3 15.0 4.6 2.1 3.4
NB ".." denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
Full time employees on adult rates: percentage with weekly earnings including overtime less than £130
Manual Women Non-manual All Manual MenNon-manual All
Scotland 47.2 20.3 26.4 8.6 4.3 6.6
Borders .. .. 57.3 13.1 .. ..
Central 49.2 24.3 31.8 6.5 3.0 5.0
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. 39.6 7.8 .. 8.6
Part-time females on adult rates. Percentage with hourly earnings less than £4.50
Manual Non-manual All
Scotland 95.9 64.6 78.5
Borders .. .. ..
Central 95.0 .. ..
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. ..
Fife 98.0 .. ..
Grampian 96.8 63.2 78.3
Highland .. .. ..
Lothian 92.5 63.8 76.0
Strathclyde 96.4 63.5 78.3
Tayside 96.0 .. 79.0
Islands .. .. ..
Highland and Islands 97.5 .. ..
Great Britain 93.1 66.3 77.9
Part-time females on adult rates. Percentage with hourly earnings less than £5.00
Manual Non-manual All
Scotland 98.3 70.8 83.0
Borders .. .. ..
Central 97.5 .. ..
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. ..
Fife 98.0 .. ..
Grampian 100.0 68.4 82.5
Highland .. .. ..
Lothian 97.3 70.4 81.8
Strathclyde 98.6 70.5 83.1
Tayside 97.3 .. 82.6
Islands .. .. ..
Highland and Islands 100.0 .. ..
Great Britain 96.3 73.5 83.3
Note: ".." denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimates.

Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show for full-time workers the percentage earning less than £1 20 and £130 per week, giving the information for(a) women and (b) men for (1) manual, (2) non-manual and (3) all workers, including overtime pay and excluding overtime pay in (i) Scotland, (ii) the regions of Scotland and (iii) Great Britain.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the new earnings survey is given in following tables.

Manual Women Non-manual All Manual Men Non-manual All
Fife 48.1 21.3 29.8 8.3 5.5 7.1
Grampian .. 21.6 28.6 5.6 2.7 4.3
Highland .. 20.7 2.1 10.6 .. 7.8
Lothian 43.4 15.5 19.9 7.4 4.6 5.9
Strathclyde 42.3 19.6 24.7 9.2 4.1 6.8
Tayside 50.5 23.5 30.6 13.2 5.1 9.6
Islands .. .. .. .. .. 7.8
Highland and islands .. 20.4 27.3 10.1 4.5 7.8
Great Britain 42.9 15.2 21.0 7.2 3.1 5.2
NB ".." denotes sampling error too large or numbers to small for reliable estimate.
Full time employees on adult rates: percentage with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £120
Manual Women Non-manual All Manual Men Non-manual All
Scotland 44.9 15.7 22.3 8.2 3.7 6.1
Borders .. .. 51.2 8.2 .. ..
Central 44.4 17.6 25.6 5.1 3.0 4.2
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. 32.3 6.4 .. 6.2
Fife 43.0 18.9 26.6 6.6 7.2 6.9
Grampian .. 16.4 25.6 7.0 2.0 4.7
Highland .. 18.2 27.7 6.3 .. 4.9
Lothian 42.6 10.5 15.6 9.0 3.8 6.1
Strathclyde 39.6 15.5 20.9 8.7 3.4 6.2
Tayside 45.3 17.9 25.1 10.6 5.1 8.2
Islands .. .. .. .. .. 7.8
Highland and islands .. 17.0 25.7 6.9 3.8 5.6
Great Britain 37.1 11.1 16.5 6.8 2.5 4.6
Full time employees on adult rates: percentage with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £130.
Manual Women Non-manual All Manual Men Non-manual All
Scotland 53.6 21.3 28.6 13.5 5.4 9.7
Borders .. .. 59.8 18.0 .. ..
Central 57.1 25.7 35.1 10.1 4.2 7.6
Dumfries and Galloway .. .. 40.6 11.3 .. 11.4
Fife 50.6 23.7 32.3 10.8 7.2 9.2
Grampian .. 22.6 31.3 11.9 2.9 7.9
Highland .. 24.0 32.4 15.5 .. 11.0
Lothian 51.2 15.9 21.5 13.3 5.7 9.2
Strathclyde 49.0 20.6 27.0 13.9 5.1 9.8
Tayside 54.7 24.6 32.5 17.7 6.7 12.8
Islands .. .. .. .. .. 11.7
Highlands and Islands .. 23.1 31.7 15.3 5.3 11.2
Great Britain 48.5 16.3 23.0 11.6 3.7 7.6
N.B. ".." denotes sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimates.