HC Deb 15 July 1991 vol 195 cc58-9W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state separately for full-time workers, part-time workers and all workers (i) the number and (ii) the percentage earning less than £130 for(a) women, (b) men and (c) all workers, excluding overtime pay in (1) Wales, (2) each county in Wales and (3) Great Britain, for the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the April 1990 new earnings survey is shown in the tables. The results of the April 1991 survey will be published this November and December.

Earnings in April 1990: New earnings survey
A. Full time employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £130
Number in the sample Percentage of total
Women Men Total Women Men Total
Wales 564 397 961 30.7 11.1 17.7
Clwyd 91 52 143 34.7 9.7 17.9
Clywd-West 1 1 1 1 1 1
Clwyd-East 58 36 94 34.9 9.0 16.7
Dyfed2 58 33 91 38.7 14.2 23.8
Gwent 86 69 155 33.5 11.3 17.8
Gwynedd 39 46 85 31.7 17.2 21.8
Mid Glamorgan 94 52 146 28.5 9.8 16.9
Powys 27 19 46 37.0 15.7 23.7
South Glamorgan 78 57 135 21.4 8.4 12.9
West Glamorgan3 91 69 160 33.0 11.3 18.0
Great Britain 10,056 6,308 16,364 23.0 7.6 13.0
1 Sampling error too large or numbers too small for reliable estimate.
2 Excluding Llanelli.
3 Including Llanelli.

Source: New Earnings Survey 1990.

B. Part time employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £130
Number in the sample Percentage of total
Women Men Total Women Men Total
Great Britain 22,763 3,117 25,880 89.8 85.0 89.2

Source: New Earnings Survey 1990.

C. All employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than £130
Number in the sample Percentage of total
Women Men Total Women Men Total
Great Britain 32,819 9,425 42,244 47.6 10.9 27.2

Source: New Earnings Survey 1990.