HC Deb 16 December 1992 vol 216 cc244-8W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish a table giving the proportions of full-time male manual workers, full-time male non-manual workers and all full-time male workers with earnings excluding overtime of less than(a) £190 per

Full-time men on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: proportion with average gross weekly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts
(percentages) April 1992
Manual Non-manual All
£190 £200 £190 £200 £190 £200
West Midlands region 33.8 40.6 13.9 16.4 24.2 28.9
West Midlands MC 29.0 35.6 12.7 15.2 20.9 25.4
Hereford and Worcester 47.6 53.6 13.2 15.1 31.7 35.8
Shropshire 41.1 48.1 13.2 15.9 29.5 34.6
Staffordshire 38.4 47.2 17.8 20.5 29.2 35.2
Warwickshire 27.7 32.0 15.5 17.6 21.6 24.8

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish a table giving proportions of full-time adult manual workers, full-time adult non-manual workers and all adult workers with(a) earnings excluding overtime less than £190 per week

Full-time empolyees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: proportion with average gross weekly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts
April 1992
Manual Non-manual All
£190 £200 £190 £200 £190 £200
West Midlands region 42.1 48.5 28.2 32.5 34.0 39.2
West Midlands metropolitan county 37.1 43.6 25.7 30.4 30.3 35.6
Hereford and Worcester 55.5 61.1 29.4 33.3 40.3 45.0
Shropshire 48.8 55.5 33.8 37.6 40.7 45.8
Staffordshire 46.8 54.4 32.7 36.6 39.0 44.6
Warwickshire 37.1 41.4 29.4 33.3 32.5 36.6

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish a table giving the proportions of full-time female manual workers, full-time female non-manual workers and all full-time female workers with earnings excluding overtime of less than(a)

Full-time women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: proportion with average gross weekly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts:
(Percentages)—April 1992
Manual Non-manual All
£190 £200 £190 £200 £190 £200
West Midlands region 81.1 85.9 45.4 52.0 53.1 59.3
West Midlands Metropolitan County 77.3 83.1 42.0 49.4 49.1 56.2
Hereford/Worcester 89.2 93.1 45.8 51.8 55.2 60.8
Shropshire 91.2 96.5 55.6 60.7 63.1 68.3
Staffordshire 81.1 84.2 49.7 55.2 57.8 62.6
Warwickshire 83.3 87.9 48.9 55.4 56.5 62.5

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish a table giving proportions of full-time adult manual workers, full-time adult non-manual workers and all full-time adult workers(a) with earnings including overtime of less than £190 per week and (b) less than £200 per week in (i) west midlands

week and (b) £200 per week in (i) west midlands region, (ii) west midlands metropolitan county, (iii) Hereford and Worcester, (iv) Shropshire, (v) Staffordshire and (vi) Warwickshire for 1992.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is contained in the table.

and (b) less than £200 per week in (i) west midlands region, (ii) west midlands metropolitan county, (iii) Hereford and Worcester, (iv) Shropshire, (v) Staffordshire and (vi) Warwickshire for 1992.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is contained in the table.

£190 per week and (b) £200 per week in (i) west midlands region, (ii) west midlands metropolitan county, (iii) Hereford and Worcester, (iv) Shropshire, (v) Staffordshire and (vi) Warwickshire for 1992.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is contained in the table.

region, (ii) west midlands metropolitan county, (iii) Hereford and Worcester, (iv) Shropshire, (v) Staffordshire and (vi) Warwickshire for 1992.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is contained in the table.

Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: proportion with average gross weekly earnings below the following amounts
(Percentages) April 1992
Manual Non-manual All
£190 £200 £190 £200 £190 £200
West midlands region 31.7 36.8 26.3 30.4 28.5 33.1
West midlands MC 28.8 33.6 23.9 28.2 25.9 30.4
Hereford/Worcester 38.9 46.9 28.3 32.1 32.7 38.3
Shropshire 34.3 40.8 30.2 34.2 32.1 37.2
Staffordshire 35.3 40.2 30.6 34.3 32.7 36.9
Warwickshire 28.6 32.0 27.2 31.1 27.8 31.5

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for average earnings for men and for women in age groups 16 and 17, 18 to 24, 25 years and over and for all ages.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is contained in the table.

Average gross weekly earnings of full time employees whose pay was not affected by absence
April 1992
Age group Men (£) Women (£)
Under 18 113.8 108.8
18 to 24 217.3 182.1
25 and over 354.5 256.2
All ages 335.7 238.8

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish a table giving proportions of full-time male manual workers, full-time male non-manual workers and all full-time male workers with earnings including overtime of less than £190 per week in(a) west midlands region, (b) west midlands metropolitan county, (c) Hereford and Worcester, (d) Shropshire, (e) Staffordshire and (f) Warwickshire for 1992.

Part-time women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: proportion with average gross hourly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts
(Percentages) April 1992
Manual Non-manual All
£4.80 £5.40 £4.80 £5.40 £4.80 £5.40
West midlands region 90.0 95.4 62.2 72.0 73.6 81.6
West midlands MC 87.9 95.9 57.6 69.8 70.1 80.6
Hereford and Worcestershire 96.5 97.7 65.5 71.3 75.8 80.0
Shropshire 94.8 96.6 1 1 77.7 82.4
Staffordshire 91.4 95.2 69.3 76.2 80.3 85.6
Warwickshire 87.5 89.1 1 1 74.1 81.1
1 "—" denotes sample number too low or standard error too high for reliable estimate.

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will publish a table giving proportions of full-time female manual workers, full-time female non-manual workers and all full-time female workers with earnings including overtime of less than £190 per week in(a) west midlands region, (b) west midlands metropolitan county, (c) Hereford and Worcester, (d) Shropshire, (e) Staffordshire and (f) Warwickshire for 1992.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is contained in the table.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information requested is contained in the table.

Full-time men on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence:

Proportion with average gross weekly earnings below the following

amounts

Percentages—April 1992
Manual £190 Non-manual £190 All £190
West Midlands region 22.5 12.1 17.5
West Midlands MC 20.0 11.2 15.6
Hereford and Worcester 30.0 11.8 21.6
Shropshire 24.7 9.3 18.2
Staffordshire 25.4 15.5 21.0
Warwickshire 19.7 14.0 16.8

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give the proportions of part-time female manual workers, part-time female non-manual workers and all female part-time workers with earnings excluding overtime of less than £5.20 per hour and £5.30 per hour in (i) west midlands region, (ii) west midlands metropolitan county, (iii) Hereford and Worcester, (iv) Shropshire, (v) Staffordshire and (vi) Warwickshire for 1992.

Mr. McLoughlin

The available information nearest to that requested is contained in the table.

Full-time women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: proportion with average gross weekly earnings below the
(Percentages) following amounts April 1992
Manual £190 Non-manual £190 All £190
West Midlands region 74.7 43.4 50.1
West Midlands metropolitan county 72.3 39.9 46.4
Hereford and Worcester 76.5 45.0 51.8
Shropshire 87.7 52.3 59.8
Staffordshire 75.8 48.1 55.2
Warwickshire 72.7 45.9 51.8

Source: New Earnings Survey.