§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many people, and on average by how much earn less than £3.40 per hour in each constituency of Merseyside and in the constituencies of Ellesmere Port and Neston; Chester; Warrington, South; Halton; and Lancashire, West.
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§ Mr. ForthThe information available from the 1991 new earnings survey closest to that requested is given in the table. Information is not available for individual constituencies.
Employees on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence Percentage whose gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) were below the following specified amounts April 1991 £2.00 £2.50 £3.00 £3.40 Merseyside Full-time Men 0.2 0.5 3.0 5.7 Women 0.7 2.3 7.4 14.8 Part-time Men 1— 1— 1— 1— Women 1.9 5.7 17.6 43.2 Cheshire Full-time Men 0.2 0.7 2.4 4.7 Women 2— 1.3 7.2 14.7 Part-time Men 1— 1— 1— 1— Women 2.5 5.6 21.6 44.9 Lancashire Full-time Men 2— 0.6 2.6 6.7 Women 0.3 2.1 10.0 19.5 Part-time Men 1— 1— 1— 1— Women 1.8 4.7 19.7 43.5 Source:
New Earnings Survey.
1— Denotes information not available.2— Denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimate.Note:
It is estimated that around one fifth of part-time women employees were not covered by the survey because their gross weekly earnings were below the PAYE threshold.