§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report, figures for Merseyside giving (a) the proportion of full-time employees, male, female, and total earning less than (i) £140 per week and (ii) £130 per week, and (b) the proportion of part-time employees, male, female, and total earning less than (i) £3.80 per hour and (ii) £3.60 per hour in each case excluding overtime, shift, and payment-by-results premiums.
§ Mr. ForthThe information available from the 1991 new earnings survey is given in the following tables.
Percentage of employees in the Merseyside metropolitan county whose pay was unaffected by absence and whose gross earnings (excluding overtime) were below the specified amounts Per cent. Full time (weekly earnings) <£130 <£140 Men 5.4 7.7 Women 17.3 22.6 Adults 9.9 13.3
Per cent. Part time (hourly earnings) <£3.60 <£3.80 Men — — Women 48.7 57.5 Adults — — Source: New earnings survey April 1991.
Note—"—" denotes information not available.