HC Deb 06 February 1992 vol 203 cc266-9W
Mr. Andrew Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will show for full-time workers the percentage earning less than £180 and £190 giving the information for(a) women and (b) men, (1) manual, (2) non-manual and (3) all workers, including overtime pay and excluding overtime pay for (i) Scotland, (ii) the regions of Scotland and (iii) Great Britain;

(2) if he will show for full-time workers the percentage earning less than £130 and £140 per week giving the information for (a) women and (b) men. (1) manual, (2) non-manual and (3) all workers, including overtime pay and excluding overtime pay for (i) Scotland, (ii) the regions of Scotland and (iii) Great Britain.

Mr. Forth

The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey is given in the tables.

Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (excluding overtime) below the following specified amounts
April 1991
£130 £140 £180 £190
Manual Women
Borders
Central
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 34.6 48.7 97.4 97.4
Grampian 56.7 68.7 88.1 92.5
Highland
April 1991
£130 £140 £180 £190
Lothian 35.3 48.7 82.4 84.9
Strathclyde 38.6 48.1 77.2 82.3
Tayside 44.6 54.2 88.0 90.4
Islands
Highland/Islands
Scotland 42.1 52.8 83.3 87.3
Great Britain 38.3 48.3 78.3 82.6
Non-Manual Women
Borders
Central 19.6 25.5 56.9 61.4
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 16.3 20.2 48.3 51.7
Grampian 15.1 20.5 45.7 47.6
Highland 20.7 27.3 47.9 57.0
Lothian 10.6 15.8 43.7 48.2
Strathclyde 13.3 18.8 44.3 50.8
Tayside 13.5 17.6 42.3 46.8
Islands
Highland/Islands 20.1 26.8 45.0 53.0
Scotland 14.0 19.4 45.5 50.8
Great Britain 10.5 15.1 37.4 42.6
All Women
Borders 34.1 43.5 71.8 75.3
Central 27.3 35.1 65.4 70.2
Dumfries/Galloway 33.0 39.4 67.0 73.4
Fife 21.9 28.9 63.3 65.6
Grampian 22.4 28.9 53.1 55.5
Highland 26.0 33.6 55.5 63.0
Lothian 14.2 20.5 49.2 53.4
Strathclyde 18.3 24.7 50.8 57.1
Tayside 20.9 26.3 53.1 57.1
Islands
Highland/Islands 25.8 33.0 52.2 59.3
Scotland 19.7 26.2 53.2 58.2
Great Britain 15.6 21.2 45.0 50.0

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Note: "—" denotes sample size too small or standard error too large for reliable estimate.

Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (including overtime) below the following specified amounts
April 1991
£130 £140 £180 £190
Manual Women
Borders
Central
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 33.3 43.6 87.2 89.7
Grampian 55.2 67.2 83.6 89.6
Highland
Lothian 27.7 42.9 73.9 79.8
Strathclyde 35.9 43.5 69.3 75.0
Tayside 42.2 51.8 84.3 86.7
Islands
Highland/Islands
Scotland 39.2 48.1 75.9 80.7
Great Britain 34.7 43.5 72.4 77.1
Non-Manual Women
Borders
Central 19.0 24.2 51.0 56.9
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 12.9 18.0 44.4 48.9
Grampian 14.2 19.9 44.2 45.7
Highlaʼnd 17.4 24.0 45.5 56.2
Lothian 9.5 14.4 40.5 45.8
Strathclyde 11.4 16.8 41.1 47.5
Tayside 12.7 16.5 41.9 45.7
Islands
Highland/Islands 17.4 24.2 42.3 51.7
Scotland 12.4 17.7 42.6 48.1
Great Britain 9.5 13.8 35.3 40.4
April 1991
£130 £140 £180 £190
All Women
Borders 31.8 40.0 69.4 74.l
Central 26.3 32.2 57.6 62.9
Dumfries/Galloway 31.9 35.1 64.9 71.3
Fife 19.1 25.8 57.4 61.3
Grampian 21.4 28.1 51.0 53.4
Highland 23.3 29.5 51.4 60.3
Lothian 12.1 18.5 45.3 50.7
Strathclyde 16.3 22.1 46.7 53.0
Tayside 19.7 24.9 52.0 55.4
Islands
Highland/Islands 23.6 29.7 48.4 56.6
Scotland 17.9 23.9 49.4 54.7
Great Britain 14.2 19.3 42.2 47.2

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Note: "—" denotes sample size too small or standard error too large for reliable estimate.

Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (excluding overtime) below the following specified amounts
April 1991
£130 £140 £180 £190
Manual Men
Borders
Central 5.8 11.6 31.9 41.5
Dumfries/Galloway 7.8 8.6 47.4 52.6
Fife 9.2 11.6 42.8 48.0
Grampian 8.8 13.1 34.9 40.4
Highland 6.1 16.0 48.9 55.0
Lothian 9.1 14.3 39.9 47.5
Strathclyde 9.6 13.5 37.9 45.5
Tayside 10.6 17.6 49.6 57.0
Islands
Highland/Islands 7.4 15.3 43.2 50.0
Scotland 9.2 13.7 39.4 46.6
Great Britain 7.0 10.8 33.1 39.7
Non-Manual Men
Borders
Central 2.8 3.9 14.0 17.3
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 4.6 8.0 13.7 14.9
Grampian 3.0 4.5 10.0 12.3
Highland 4.7 5.7 15.1 17.9
Lothian 4.6 5.9 15.6 17.9
Strathclyde 3.2 5.4 14.8 17.8
Tayside 4.9 7.9 16.9 19.5
Islands
Highland/Islands 4.5 6.0 13.4 15.7
Scotland 3.7 5.7 14.4 17.1
Great Britain 2.8 4.3 12.1 14.4
All Men
Borders
Central 4.4 8.0 23.6 30.3
Dumfries/Galloway 6.6 7.7 36.6 40.4
Fife 7.3 10.1 30.8 34.4
Grampian 6.1 9.1 23.2 27.2
Highland 5.5 11.4 33.8 38.4
Lothian 6.5 9.5 26.0 30.6
Strathclyde 6.5 9.5 26.4 31.7
Tayside 7.8 12.9 33.8 38.8
Islands
Highland/Islands 6.1 11.3 30.3 35.2
Scotland 6.5 9.8 27.1 32.1
Great Britain 4.8 7.3 21.9 26.1

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Note"—" denotes sample size too small or standard error too large for reliable estimate.

Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (including overtime) below the following specified amounts
April 1991
£130 £140 £180 £190
Manual Men
Borders
Central 3.9 5.8 20.8 27.5
Dumfries/Galloway 6.9 7.8 31.9 39.7
Fife 6.0 7.6 25.2 29.6
Grampian 6.0 8.0 22.1 25.5
Highland 4.6 9.2 34.4 40.5
Lothian 6.5 9.8 27.9 34.2
Strathclyde 7.3 9.6 24.9 30.3
Tayside 8.1 11.6 32.4 37.7
Islands
Highland/Islands 5.7 9.7 30.1 35.8
Scotland 6.8 9.3 26.0 31.4
Great Britain 4.9 3.9 22.0 26.9
Non-Manual Men
Borders
Central 2.8 3.9 10.6 14.5
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 4.0 6.9 13.1 14.9
Grampian 1.8 3.2 8.9 10.7
Highland 4.7 5.7 14.2 16.0
Lothian 4.0 4.8 13.6 15.4
Strathclyde 2.7 4.5 12.0 14.8
Tayside 3.7 6.0 13.5 16.9
Islands
Highland/Islands 3.7 5.2 12.7 14.2
Scotland 3.1 4.7 12.2 14.7
Great Britain 2.4 3.6 10.3 12.3
All Men
Borders
Central 3.4 4.9 16.1 21.5
Dumfries/Galloway 6.0 7.1 26.8 32.2
Fife 5.2 7.3 20.2 23.5
Grampian 4.1 5.8 15.9 18.6
Highland 4.6 7.6 25.3 29.5
Lothian 5.1 6.9 19.8 23.5
Strathclyde 5.0 7.0 18.5 22.6
Tayside 6.0 8.9 23.2 27.6
Islands
Highland/Islands 4.8 7.7 22.6 26.5
Scotland 4.9 7.0 19.2 23.2
Great Britain 3.5 5.2 15.7 19.1

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Note: "—" denotes sample size too small or standard error too large for reliable estimate.