HC Deb 17 October 1991 vol 196 cc224-33W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of female part-time workers in Great Britain in April and the proportions with hourly earnings, excluding overtime pay, of less than(a) £3.40, (b) £3.70, (c) £4.92 and (d) £5.15, respectively.

Mr. Jackson

There were an estimated 4,575,000 part-time female employees in employment in Great Britain in March 1991.

The estimated percentages of part-time adult female employees earning below specified amounts, excluding overtime, in the new earnings survey sample in April 1991 were:

£ Per cent.
3.40 38.8
3.60 45.8
3.80 52.9
Prosecutions under sections 16, 19, and 21 of the Wages Act 1986
1990 Number and type of offences Number of workers Penalties placed on employers
Burger House, Maidstone 2—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records One £600 fine, £345 costs, £1280 arrears
G. S. Fruit, Sheffield 3—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records Two £450 fine, £150 costs
One Stop Foods, Leeds 2—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate Two £100 fine, £150 costs, £443 arrears
Pavilions Kebab House, Buxton 1—Failure to produce records — £400 fine, £69 costs
Post Office Stores, Avening 2—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records One £50 fine, £1,128 arrears
Terry's Hair Fashion,Swanley 3—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to keep records, failure to post notices One £225 fine, £50 costs, £150 arrears
Truss Self-Service, Aldershot 3—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, keeping false records Two £150 fine, £200 costs, £1,277 arrears
Weardale Hotel, Spennymoor 1—Failure to produce records — £100, fine, £70 costs
Westons, Barrow in Furness 4—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate Four £160 fine, £400 costs, £100 arrears
1991 (To date) Number and type of offences Number of workers Penalties placed on employers
Allardyce Cafe, Stonehaven 2—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate Two Admonishment
P. Bilton, Sheffield 3—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate Three £200 fine, £70 costs, £111.64 arrears
Bridge House Hotel, Scunthorpe 1—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate One £150 fine, £200 costs, £418.08 arrears
Central Carpets, Hull 8—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to keep records, failure to post notices Three £800 fine, £390 costs, £1,750 arrears
£ Per cent.
4.80 74.7
5.40 81.7

Estimates of the percentages earning below £3.70, £4.92 and £5.15 are not available; the nearest available figures have been given. The figures relate to employees on adult rates whose earnings for the survey period were not affected by absence.

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report the names and whereabouts of establishments prosecuted for breaching wages council legislation in 1990 and 1991, and in each case (a) the type and number of offences they committed, (b) the number of employees affected and (c) the penalties placed on employers.

Mr. Forth

The information requested is in the tables:

1991 (To date) Number and type of offences Number of workers Penalties placed on employers
D. E. Drinkall, Hull 6—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, fai-lure to keep records, failure to post notices Four £150 fine, £293.75 costs. £3,103 arrears
Filey Frozen Foods, Filey 1—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate One £300 fine, £150 costs, £804 arrears
Gill Manufacturing, Leeds 1—Failure to produce records — £400 fine, £230 costs
G. C. Mull & Co.,Finsbury Park, London 2—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate Two £100 fine, £50 costs, £1,537 arrears
New Image, Bedminster 2—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate One £100 fine, £25 costs, £121 arrears
B. D. Price, Dudley 1—Failure to comply with a requirement of an inspector — £400 fine, £393 costs
Spar Shop, Newcastle upon Tyne 3—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate, failure to keep records, failure to post notices One £100 fine, £100 costs, £850 arrears
Trendy, Hull 2—Failure to keep records, failure to post notices — £400 fine, £90 costs
Vanessa Gail Hair Design, Leeds 2—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate Two £250 fine, £100 costs, £2,218 arrears
Village Market, Langley Park 4—Failure to pay at least the statutory minimum rate Two £160 fine, £300 costs, £540 arrears

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of male part-time workers in Great Britain in April and the proportions with hourly earnings, excluding overtime pay, of less than(a) £3.40, (b) £3.70, (c) £4.92 and (d) £5.15, respectively.

Mr. Jackson

There were an estimated 969,000 part-time male employees in employment in Great Britain in March 1991.

The estimated percentages of part-time adult male employees earning below specified amounts, excluding overtime in the new earnings survey sample in April 1991 were:

£ Per cent
3.40 39.0
3.60 45.0
3.80 50.9
4.80 67.3
5.40 73.1
(a) (i) Percentage of full time men on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
>£130 >£140 >£130 £140 >£130 >£140
Greater London 4.0 6.0 1.2 1.8 2.1 3.2
South East 4.5 7.1 1.6 2.5 2.7 4.2
East Anglia 5.8 9.8 3.7 6.0 4.7 7.9
South West 8.8 13.6 2.7 4.6 5.4 8.7
West Midlands 7.2 11.1 3.8 5.4 5.6 8.3
East Midlands 7.5 11.9 3.4 4.9 5.6 8.6
Yorkshire and Humberside 7.7 12.5 4.1 6.0 6.1 9.5
North West 7.8 11.4 3.5 5.2 5.6 8.2
Northern 8.1 11.3 4.3 6.0 6.4 9.0
Wales 8.6 13.7 4.4 6.1 6.7 10.2
Scotland 9.2 13.7 3.7 5.7 6.5 9.8
Great Britain 7.0 10.8 2.8 4.3 4.8 7.3
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Estimates of the percentages earning below £3.70, £4.92 and £5.15 are not available; the nearest available figures have been given. The figures relate to employees on adult rates whose earnings for the survey period were not affected by absence.

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish tables in theOfficial Report showing the proportions of manual, non-manual and all full-time employees earning less than (a) £138.74, (b) £18500 and (c) £193.60 per week excluding overtime payments, for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) both sexes by standard economic region for Great Britain as a whole and for Northern Ireland.

Mr. Jackson

The information available from the April 1991 new earnings survey closest to that requested is given in the table, for the regions of Great Britain. Comparable information for Northern Ireland is not available.

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence).

Note: "n/a" denotes information not available.

(a) (ii) Percentage of full lime women on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
<£130 <£140 <£140 <£140 <£130 <£140
Greater London 19.1 25.5 2.4 3.9 4.4 6.4
South East 26.2 34.7 4.8 7.6 7.8 11.4
East Anglia 40.5 51.3 13.6 19.8 19.2 26.3
South West 43.7 54.4 12.7 18.3 18.0 24.4
West Midlands 42.2 52.1 13.4 19.6 19.8 26.8
East Midlands 44.1 54.5 13.5 18.6 21.7 28.2
York and Humberside 46.3 57.6 14.7 21.5 21.6 29.3
North West 41.3 51.7 13.2 18.7 18.5 25.0
Northern 44.0 53.1 16.3 22.4 22.5 29.2
Wales 40.9 53.8 16.7 21.4 22.2 28.8
Scotland 42.1 52.8 14.0 19.4 19.7 26.2
Great Britain 38.3 48.3 10.5 15.1 15.6 21.2
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence).

Note: "n/a" denotes information not available.

(a) (iii) Percentage of full time employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
<£130 <£140 <£130 <£140 <£130 <£140
Greater London 6.8 9.6 1.7 2.8 3.0 4.4
South East 8.5 12.2 3.0 4.8 4.6 6.9
East Anglia 11.4 16.6 7.9 11.9 9.4 13.8
South West 14.7 20.6 7.2 10.8 9.9 14.2
West Midlands 13.4 18.4 8.2 11.8 10.4 14.6
East Midlands 14.9 20.5 7.9 11.0 11.0 15.2
York and Humberside 14.1 20.0 9.0 13.1 11./ 16.1
North West 13.7 18.5 8.0 11.5 10.2 14.2
Northern 14.1 18.4 10.0 13.7 11.8 15.8
Wales 14.5 21.0 10.2 13.3 12.0 16.6
Scotland 15.4 21.1 8.7 12.3 11.3 15.8
Great Britain 12.6 17.6 6.3 9.2 8.6 12.2
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence).

Note: "n/a" denotes information not available.

(b)(i) Percentage of full time men on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
<£180 <£190 <£180 <£190 <£180 <£190
Greater London 19.9 24.5 6.0 7.4 10.4 12.9
South East 24.9 30.6 8.2 9.8 14.3 17.5
East Anglia 36.1 42.0 14.6 17.5 25.4 29.8
South West 39.7 46.6 13.2 15.5 25.1 29.5
West Midlands 34.1 40.5 14.8 17.3 24.8 29.3
East Midlands 34.9 42.4 14.7 18.0 25.4 31.0
Yorkshire and Humberside 36.9 42.9 15.8 18.9 27.2 31.8
North West 34.5 40.9 14.8 16.9 24.4 28.6
Northern 32.2 39.9 15.3 17.7 24.7 30.0
Wales 38.1 45.9 15.9 18.4 28.0 33.4
Scotland 39.4 46.6 14.4 17.1 27.1 32.1
Great Britain 33.1 39.7 12.1 14.4 21.9 26.1
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence).

Note: "n/a" Denotes information not available.

(b)(ii) Percentage of full time women on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non manual All
<£180 <£190 <£180 <£190 <£180 <£190
Greater London 53.9 60.7 13.1 17.0 17.9 22.1
South East 65.3 71.0 23.4 28.0 29.3 34.1
East Anglia 83.6 87.5 47.8 52.8 55.2 59.9
South West 83.6 87.9 44.5 49.9 51.1 56.3
West Midlands 83.7 88.1 47.4 53.1 55.4 60.8
East Midlands 86.4 89.2 45.5 50.7 56.4 61.0
York and Humberside 84.3 88.8 46.5 51.5 54.6 59.6
Manual Non Manual All
<£180 <£190 <£180 <£190 <£180 <£190
North West 81.2 84.8 44.7 50.5 51.6 57.0
Northern 79.2 82.9 49.8 56.1 56.3 62.0
Wales 82.8 85.7 46.2 52.7 54.6 60.3
Scotland 83.3 87.3 45.5 50.8 53.2 58.2
Great Britain 78.3 82.6 37.4 42.6 45.0 50.0
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence)

Note: "n/a" denotes information not available.

(b) (iii) Percentage of full lime employees on adult rates with weekly earnings ecluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
<£180 <£190 <£180 <£190 <£180 <£190
Greater London 26.2 31.3 9.2 11.7 13.3 16.4
South East 32.4 38.1 15.0 18.0 19.9 23.7
East Anglia 43.8 49.4 28.9 32.7 34.9 39.5
South West 47.1 53.6 27.3 31.0 34.2 39.0
West Midlands 42.9 49.0 29.6 33.5 35.2 40.0
East Midlands 45.3 51.8 28.3 32.4 35.8 41.0
Yorkshire and Humberside 44.8 50.5 29.9 33.8 36.3 41.0
North West 42.7 48.7 28.7 32.5 34.0 38.7
Northern 40.1 47.1 31.5 35.8 35.3 40.8
Wales 46.2 53.2 30.1 34.5 37.1 42.7
Scotland 47.6 54.3 29.5 33.4 36.7 41.7
Great Britain 41.3 47.4 23.6 27.2 30.1 34.6
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence)

Note: "n/a" denotes information not available.

(c) (i) Percentage of full time men on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
<£190 <£200 <£190 <£200 <£190 <£200
Greater London 24.5 29.0 7.4 9.1 12.9 15.4
South East 30.6 36.1 9.8 11.9 17.5 20.8
East Anglia 42.0 48.9 17.5 20.3 29.8 34.7
South West 46.6 52.6 15.5 18.0 29.5 33.6
West Midlands 40.5 46.9 17.3 19.9 29.3 33.9
East Midlands 42.4 49.3 18.0 20.7 31.0 35.9
Yorkshire and Humberside 42.9 49.7 18.9 21.9 31.8 36.9
North West 40.9 47.0 16.9 19.6 28.6 32.9
Northern 39.9 45.9 17.7 20.0 30.0 34.4
Wales 45.9 52.3 18.4 21.6 33.4 38.4
Scotland 46.6 52.4 17.1 20.1 32.1 36.5
Great Britain 39.7 45.8 14.4 16.8 26.1 30.3
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence).

Note: "n/a" denotes information not available.

(c) (ii) Percentage of full time women on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
<£190 <£200 <£190 <£200 <£190 <£200
Greater London 60.7 66.8 17.0 21.2 22.1 26.5
South East 71.0 75.5 28.0 32.9 34.1 38.9
East Anglia 87.5 89.1 52.8 57.3 59.9 63.8
South West 87.9 90.6 49.9 55.5 56.3 61.5
West Midlands 88.1 90.3 53.1 57.2 60.8 64.6
East Midlands 89.2 90.9 50.7 55.9 61.0 65.2
Yorkshire and Humberside 88.8 92.2 51.5 56.2 59.6 63.9
North West 84.8 88.8 50.5 55.5 57.0 61.8
Northern 82.9 85.7 56.1 60.1 62.0 65.8
Wales 85.7 87.4 52.7 57.0 60.3 64.0
Scotland 87.3 91.0 50.8 55.7 58.2 62.8
Great Britain 82.6 85.9 42.6 47.4 50.0 54.5
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence)

Note: "n/a" denotes information not available.

(c) (iii) Percentage of full lime employees on adult rates with weekly earnings excluding overtime less than:
April 1991
Manual Non Manual All
<£190 <£200 <£190 <£200 <£190 <£200
Greater London 31.3 36.0 11.7 14.5 16.4 19.7
South East 38.1 43.4 18.0 21.3 23.7 27.6
East Anglia 49.4 55.5 32.7 36.2 39.5 44.0
South West 53.6 59.0 31.0 35.0 39.0 43.4
West Midlands 49.0 54.6 33.5 36.8 40.0 44.2
East Midlands 51.8 57.7 32.4 36.2 41.0 45.7
York and Humberside 50.5 56.7 33.8 37.6 41.0 45.8
North West 48.7 54.3 32.5 36.3 38.7 43.1
Northern 47.1 52.6 35.8 38.8 40.8 45.0
Wales 53.2 58.7 34.5 38.3 42.7 47.2
Scotland 54.3 59.7 33.4 37.3 41.7 46.2
Great Britain 47.4 53.0 27.2 30.7 34.6 38.9
Northern Ireland n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Source: New Earnings Survey (pay not affected by absence)

Note: "n/a" Denotes information not available.