§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers in the United Kingdom are paid below 68 per cent. of all full-timers' mean earnings; and how many of them are(a) women and (b) part-time workers.
§ Mr. ForthFrom the 1991 new earnings survey (NES), it is estimated that 68 per cent. of average (mean) gross hourly earnings of all full-time employees in April 1991 was £4.76. It is further estimated, using the NES and estimates of the number of employees in employment, that a little over 9 million employees in Great Britain earned below this amount. A little under 6 million of these employees were women, and just over 4 million were part-time workers.