HC Deb 18 December 1991 vol 201 cc174-7W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the information from the 1991 new earnings survey data on respectively, the numbers of full-time employees on adult rates in(a) greater Manchester, (b) Merseyside, (c) Cheshire, (d) Lancashire and (e) the north west region, whose weekly earnings excluding overtime were less than £185, less than £140 and less than £130 per week for (i) manual males, (ii) non-manual males, (iii) all full-time males, (iv) manual females, (v) non-manual females and (vi) all full-time females, giving the total sample size in each case.

Mr. Forth

The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey is given in the table.

April 1991
£130 £140 £180 £190
Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Total in sample
Merseyside
Manual men 50 70 262 303 791
Non manual men 39 58 150 172 861
All men 89 128 412 475 1,652
Manual women 56 69 112 118 146
Non-manual women 116 156 381 432 849
All women 172 225 493 550 995
Cheshire
Manual men 51 66 229 277 758
Non manual men 16 22 79 90 767
All men 67 88 308 367 1,525
Manual women 54 64 111 116 148
Non-manual women 68 96 250 287 609
All women 122 160 361 403 757
Lancashire
Manual men 71 108 346 410 878
Non manual men 27 47 144 160 869
All men 98 155 490 570 1,747
Manual women 96 118 184 191 213
Non-manual women 117 167 367 403 755
All women 213 285 551 594 968
North West
Manual men 325 474 1,437 1,706 4,168
Non manual men 155 230 653 747 4,413
All men 480 704 2,090 2,453 8,581
Manual women 369 462 725 757 893
Non-manual women 506 718 1,713 1,937 3,834
All women 875 1,180 2,438 2,694 4,727

Source: New Earnings Survey

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the information from the 1991 new earnings survey data on the numbers of part-time employees on adult rates in(a) greater Manchester, (b) Merseyside, (c) Cheshire, (d) Lancashire and (e) the north-west region whose hourly earnings excluding overtime were less than £5, less than £4.50, less than £4, less than £3.50 and less than £3 per

Part time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence and whose gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) were below the following specified amounts.
April 1991
£3.00 £3.40 £3.60 £4.00 £4.50 £4.80 £5.40 Total in sample
Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample
Greater Manchester
Manual women 92 204 237 298 341 350 361 373
Non-manual women 76 177 230 321 400 429 462 596
All women 168 381 467 619 741 779 823 969
Merseyside
Manual women 62 144 160 202 229 234 241 253
Non-manual women 40 106 122 157 203 224 249 326
All women 102 250 282 359 432 458 490 579
Cheshire
Manual women 53 89 100 123 131 138 144 153
All women 85 177 213 259 295 318 343 394
Non-manual women 32 88 113 136 164 180 199 241
Lancashire
Manual women 57 128 149 188 207 211 214 225
Non-manual women 53 115 134 166 203 220 258 333
All women 110 243 283 354 410 431 472 558

week under the following headings, giving total sample size in each case: manual males, non-manual males, all part-time males, manual females, non-manual females and all part-time females.

Mr. Forth

The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey is given in the table. The information is not available for part-time male employees.

£3.00 £3.40 £3.60 £4.00 £4.50 £4.80 £5.40 Total in sample
Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample Numbers in sample
North West
Manual women 264 565 646 811 908 933 960 1,004
Non-manual women 201 486 599 780 970 1,053 1,168 1,496
All women 465 1,051 1,245 1,591 1,878 1,986 2,128 2,500

Source: New Earnings Survey.