§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many currently in employment in Wales are (i) male full-time employees, (ii) female full-time employees, (iii)254W male part-time employees, (iv) female part-time employees, (v) male self-employed and (vi) female self-employed; and what estimate he has of the average wage or salary under each of these categories.
§ Mr. David HuntThe information requested is given in the following tables:
Numbers in Employment (thousands) March 1991 1Male Female Full-time employees in employment 501 247 Part-time employees in employment 212 Self-employed 144 40 Source: Quarterly Estimate Series, Employment Department.
1 Data for part-time males are not available separately from this quarterly series. The results of the Employment Department's Census of Employment indicated that in September 1989 there were 484 thousand full-time and 37 thousand part-time male employees in employment.
Average gross weekly earnings1 (£) April 1990 Male Female Full-time 258.6 180.3 Part-time 2n.a. 67.4 Source: New Earnings Survey, Employment Department.
1 Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence.
2 The standard error for male part-time employees is too high to provide a reliable estimate from this survey.
Average annual personal income1 (£) 1988–89 Male Female Self-employed2 8,150 6,000 Source: Survey of Personal Incomes, Inland Revenue.
1 Self-employment income assessable for the income tax year 1988–89.
2 Only those with a main source of self-employment income are included.