§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many people in each of the constituencies of Edmonton, Hornsey and Wood Green and Tottenham, are earning less than £3.40 an hour broken down by(a) gender, (b) manual and non-manual work and (c) age, expressed as numbers and as percentages of each group at all wage levels;
(2) how much many people in each of the constituencies of Edmonton, Hornsey and Wood Green and Tottenham, are earning less than £3.40 an hour for (a) full-time and (b) part-time work, expressed as numbers and as percentages of each group at all wage levels.
Mr. JacksonThe information available from the 1991 New Earnings Survey is given in the following table.
Full time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence and whose gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) were below £3.40 April 1991 Enfield Haringey Sample numbers Per cent, of total Sample numbers Per cent, of total Men Manual — — 4 5.7 Non-manual — — — — All 3 1.1 5 3.2 Women Manual — — — — Non-manual 5 4.0 3 3.4 All 14 8.7 8 7.3 Adults Manual 10 6.5 9 9.8 Non-manual 7 2.6 4 2.3 All 17 4.0 13 4.9 Source: New Earnings Survey
Note:
(1) "—" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimate.
(2) Due to small sample numbers, the information may be unreliable.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will show for part-timers the number of women earning less than £2 per hour, £2.20 per hour, £2.40 per hour, £2.50 per hour, £2.80 per hour, £3 per342W hour, £3.20 per hour, £3.40 per hour, £3.50 per hour, £4 per hour, £4.40 per hour, £4.50 per hour, £4.80 per hour, £4.90 per hour, £5 per hour and £5.10 per hour for (i) manual, (ii) non-manual and (iii) all women in (i) West Yorkshire, (ii) South Yorkshire, (iii) North Yorkshire, (iv) Humberside and (v) Great Britain;
(2) if he will show for full-time workers the percentages with hourly earnings less than £2.50, £3, £3.40, £3.50, £4, £4.40, £4.50, £4.80, £4.90, £5 and £5.10 per hour, giving the information for (a) women and (b) men, (i) manual, (ii) non manual and (iii) all, both including and excluding overtime in the following regions (1) West Yorkshire, (2) South Yorkshire, (3) North Yorkshire, (4) Humberside and (5) Great Britain;
(3) if he will show for full-time workers the percentage earning less than (a) £100, (b) £110, (c) £120, (d) £130, (e) £140, (f) £150, (g) £160, (h) £170, (i) £180, (j) £190 and (k) £200 giving the ratio for (i) women and (ii) men, (1) manual, (2) non-manual and (3) both including and excluding overtime in the following regions (A) West Yorkshire, (B) South Yorkshire, (C) North Yorkshire, (D) Humberside and (E) Great Britain.
Mr. JacksonIn view of the considerable amount of information requested, I will write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of employees who earn less than(a) £5,000, (b) £7,500, (c) £10,000, (d) £12,500, (e) £15,000, (f) £17,500 and (g) £20,000.
Mr. JacksonThe information available closest to that requested is published in table 14 of part A of the 1991 New Earnings Survey results, a copy of which is in the Library.