HC Deb 02 December 1991 vol 200 cc22-4W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will set out the proportion of manual and non-manual workers, male and female, in each standard industrial classification division, who earned below £100, £120, £150, £170, £180 and £200 according to the 1990 earnings survey.

Mr. Forth

The information available from the 1990 new earnings survey (NES), and the more recent 1991 NES, is given in the following tables:

Percentage of full time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence and whose gross weekly earnings were below the following specified amounts
<£100 <£120 <£150 <£170 <£180 <£200
Manual men—April 1990
Div. 0 3. 10.2 36.3 51.0 58.2 69.3
Div. 1 0.2 0.2 0.6 2.0 4.2 10.1
Div. 2 0.3 1.5 6.1 11.3 14.9 23.1
Div. 3 0.4 1.6 7.0 13.6 17.9 27.8
Div. 4 1.2 4.6 13.9 23.0 27.3 38.1
Div. 5 0.9 2.6 12.2 21.8 26.9 38.2
<£100 <£120 <£150 <£170 <£180 <£200
Div. 6 4.6 13.4 30.1 43.2 49.5 60.5
Div. 7 0.5 1.4 7.0 14.5 19.1 29.2
Div. 8 2.7 6.9 17.4 27.4 32.0 43.5
Div. 9 1.9 7.9 23.5 39.3 47.2 60.4
Non-manual men—1990
Div. 0 3.0 4.8 10.9 17.0 21.2 29.7
Div. 1 2 0.4 1.5 2.9 4.6 8.5
Div. 2 0.3 0.6 2.2 5.0 6.2 9.7
Div. 3 0.2 0.5 2.1 4.1 5.6 9.6
Div. 4 0.6 1.3 4.3 6.9 9.0 13.0
Div. 5 0.8 1.3 3.5 5.7 7.2 10.8
Div. 6 2.1 7.0 15.3 22.9 26.6 33.7
Div. 7 0.3 1.4 3.4 6.4 8.0 12.0
Div. 8 0.8 2.3 6.9 10.5 12.5 16.8
Div. 9 0.4 1.3 4.4 8.5 10.5 14.8
Percentage of full time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence and whose gross weekly earnings were below the following specified amounts
<£100 <£120 <£150 <£170 <£180 <£200
Manual women—April 1990
Div. 0 25.3 52.7 72.5 79.1 83.5 87.9
Div. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Div. 2 5.4 20.4 47.6 62.5 68.3 79.1
Div. 3 4.3 20.8 50.5 69.1 73.7 83.3
Div. 4 13.8 32.8 61.6 74.3 79.3 86.8
Div. 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Div. 6 25.3 50.1 76.2 86.5 89.6 93.0
Div. 7 4.8 8.9 26.1 37.3 45.5 57.1
Div. 8 10.8 29.7 46.8 57.0 61.4 71.5
Div. 9 18.2 36.5 63.4 80.0 84.6 90.3
Non-manual women—April 1990
Div. 0 1 8.8 33.3 57.9 68.4 71.9
Div. 1 0.5 1.2 8.1 16.7 26.1 43.8
Div. 2 1.5 5.6 22.3 36.4 44.3 55.8
Div. 3 2.4 8.0 29.7 46.5 53.8 65.1
Div. 4 2.7 10.2 30.1 44.9 51.1 61.3
Div. 5 5.4 15.1 37.4 53.8 63.0 72.3
Div. 6 8.7 29.3 54.3 66.3 71.2 78.5
Div. 7 2.2 6.7 19.1 35.7 40.6 52.4
Div. 8 2.6 8.6 24.0 35.7 41.1 50.6
Div. 9 1.5 5.7 18. 29.9 34.8 43.3

Source: New earnings survey.

Notes:

1 Denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimate.

2 Denotes information not available.

Percentage of full time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence and whose gross weekly earnings were below the following specified amounts
<£100 <£120 <£150 <£170 <£180 <£200
Manual men—April 1991
Div. 0 3.7 5.9 25.2 42.4 50.2 59.7
Div. 1 0.2 0.3 1.1 2.2 2.7 5.8
Div. 2 0.2 1.0 5.0 9.4 12.4 19.6
Div. 3 0.3 1.3 5.3 11.4 14.9 23.9
Div. 4 0.7 3.1 11.2 19.0 23.3 32.7
Div. 5 0.6 1.5 7.5 15.4 20.1 31.7
Div. 6 3.2 10.2 25.5 36.7 43.2 53.5
Div. 7 0.3 0.7 3.9 9.0 12.8 22.2
Div. 8 2.0 4.3 14.5 22.0 25.9 35.7
Div. 9 1.2 4.3 16.4 27.6 34.8 48.7
Non-manual men—April 1991
Div. 0 1.9 6.1 11.8 18.9 21.2 29.7
Div. 1 2 1 0.7 1.6 2.2 4.6
Div. 2 0.4 0.7 2.2 4.3 6.1 8.5
Div. 3 0.2 0.5 2.1 4.4 6.0 9.5
Div. 4 0.3 1.2 4.6 8.0 9.5 13.7
Div. 5 0.5 1.0 2.5 5.0 6.2 9.5
Div. 6 1.3 4.2 13.3 20.6 24.5 31.9
Div. 7 0.2 0.5 2.2 5.0 6.3 9.8
<£100 <£120 <£150 <£170 <£180 <£200
Div. 8 0.6 1.7 4.8 8.0 9.9 13.6
Div. 9 0.3 1.0 3.3 6.0 7.7 11.5

Source: New earnings survey.

Notes:

1 Denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimate

2 Denotes information not available.

Percentage of full time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence and whose gross weekly earnings were below the following specified amounts
<£100 <£120 <£150 <£170 <£180 <£200
Manual women—April 1991
Div. 0 14.1 31.5 68.5 76.1 77.2 85.9
Div. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Div. 2 2.5 11.8 36.5 54.9 60.1 70.2
Div. 3 3.0 13.3 42.5 61.7 70.3 80.3
Div. 4 8.5 24.9 52.3 68.1 74.5 83.4
Div. 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Div. 6 13.8 37.2 68.7 80.8 84.2 90.3
Div. 7 3.1 7.1 17.0 26.3 30.8 42.0
Div. 8 11.3 21.4 41.1 48.2 53.6 61.3
Div. 9 14.2 30.8 58.0 70.5 76.7 84.8
Non-manual women—April 1991
Div. 0 2 4.6 29.2 36.9 43.1 64.6
Div. 1 2 0.3 4.0 10.1 15.4 23.6
Div. 2 1.4 4.3 14.7 26.3 33.2 45.0
Div. 3 0.9 4.4 17.4 33.2 41.0 53.4
Div. 4 1.4 6.2 22.5 35.4 42.0 53.7
Div. 5 3.4 11.1 26.2 42.8 50.4 63.8
Div. 6 3.9 17.2 42.9 57.0 62.9 71.9
Div. 7 1.7 4.6 14.1 24.9 31.3 43.4
Div. 8 1.4 5.0 17.1 27.7 33.1 43.5
Div. 9 1.1 3.4 11.5 20.8 26.7 35.8

Source: New earnings survey.

Notes:

1 Denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimate.

2 Denotes information not available.