§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the information on full-time workers' pay for the west midlands and, if available, cities and counties within the region, and for comparison England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as given for Scottish regions in his answer to the hon. Member for Angus, East, (Mr. Welsh) on 6 FebruaryOfficial Report, columns 266–69.
§ Mr. ForthThe information available from the "New Earnings Survey", closest to that requested, is given in the tables.
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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 West Midlands region 37.6 46.3 77.8 82.6 West Midlands MC 37.3 44.3 76.4 83.0 Hereford and Worcester 35.6 52.9 77.9 81.7 Shropshire 39.4 50.0 84.8 87.9 Staffordshire 39.4 46.8 76.9 79.6 Warwickshire 36.1 44.4 83.3 86.1 England 34.0 42.7 71.7 76.5 Scotland 39.2 48.1 75.9 80.7 Wales 36.6 48.9 76.8 80.6 Northern Ireland 51.1 61.1 84.4 87.0 Non-manual women West Midlands region 12.4 18.0 44.7 50.5 West Midlands MC 10.6 15.2 40.4 46.7 Hereford and Worcester 12.7 21.1 49.5 55.9 Shropshire 19.7 28.0 55.5 60.1 Staffordshire 15.8 21.9 48.2 53.0 Warwickshire 10.9 15.3 50.8 55.2 England 9.0 13.1 34.1 39.1 Scotland 12.4 17.7 42.6 48.1 Wales 15.4 20.2 44.4 50.8 Northern Ireland 17.9 22.2 42.4 47.1 All women West Midlands region 18.0 24.2 52.0 57.6 West Midlands MC 15.9 21.0 47.6 53.9 Hereford and Worcester 17.7 28.1 55.7 61.6 Shropshire 24.3 33.1 62.3 66.5 Staffordshire 22.4 28.8 56.2 60.4 Warwickshire 16.6 21.9 58.1 62.2 England 13.5 18.4 40.9 45.9 Scotland 17.9 23.9 49.4 54.7 Wales 20.3 26.8 51.8 57.7 Northern Ireland 25.6 31.2 52.1 56.4 Source: New Earnings Survey.
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 West Midlands region 4.7 7.0 22.5 27.3 West Midlands MC 4.4 6.6 18.8 23.2 Hereford and Worcester 4.6 7.7 30.9 35.7 Shropshire 3.4 6.2 25.5 32.0 Staffordshire 5.9 8.2 27.3 32.9 Warwickshire 5.1 6.8 20.8 24.7 England 4.6 6.7 21.2 26.1 Scotland 6.8 9.3 26.0 31.4 Wales 6.4 10.0 26.8 32.1 Northern Ireland 13.7 18.5 40.5 46.8 Non-manual men West Midlands region 3.1 4.5 12.5 14.8 West Midlands MC 3.2 4.6 12.1 14.3 Hereford and Worcester 2.3 3.3 10.5 13.9 Shropshire 2.7 3.1 11.9 15.0 Staffordshire 3.9 5.3 15.6 17.9 Warwickshire 2.4 4.8 11.8 12.4 England 2.3 3.4 9.9 11.9 Scotland 3.1 4.7 12.2 14.7 Wales 3.5 4.9 14.1 16.1 Northern Ireland 7.2 9.7 16.4 19.7 All men West Midlands region 3.9 5.8 17.7 21.3 West Midlands MC 3.8 5.6 15.4 18.7 Hereford and Worcester 3.5 5.7 21.5 25.7 Shropshire 3.1 4.9 19.9 25.0 Staffordshire 5.0 6.9 22.1 26.2 Warwickshire 3.7 5.8 16.3 18.6 England 3.3 4.9 15.1 18.4 Scotland 4.9 7.0 19.2 23.2 Wales 5.1 7.7 21.0 24.8 Northern Ireland 10.5 14.1 28.6 33.4 Source: New Earnings Survey.
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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 West Midlands region 42.2 52.1 83.7 88.1 West Midlands MC 41.1 50.8 82.0 87.3 Hereford and Worcester 41.3 57.7 86.5 90.4 Shropshire 47.0 60.6 93.9 97.0 Staffordshire 44.0 50.5 81.0 84.3 Warwickshire 40.3 48.6 88.9 93.1 England 37.7 47.4 77.4 81.9 Scotland 42.1 52.8 83.3 87.3 Wales 40.9 53.8 82.8 85.7 Northern Ireland — — — — Non-manual women West Midlands region 13.4 19.6 47.4 53.1 West Midlands MC 11.4 16.8 43.7 49.7 Hereford and Worcester 14.1 23.0 50.5 57.0 Shropshire 21.1 29.8 58.7 62.8 Staffordshire 17.1 23.3 50.4 56.0 Warwickshire 11.3 16.5 52.8 56.0 England 9.8 14.3 36.1 41.3 Scotland 14.0 19.4 45.5 50.8 Wales 16.7 21.4 46.2 52.7 Northern Ireland — — — — All women West Midlands region 19.8 26.8 55.4 60.8 West Midlands MC 17.3 23.6 51.3 57.2 Hereford and Worcester 20.0 30.6 58.4 64.3 Shropshire 27.1 37.0 66.9 70.8
£130 £140 £180 £190 Staffordshire 24.6 30.8 58.9 63.9 Warwickshire 17.8 23.7 60.9 64.4 England 14.9 20.3 43.6 48.6 Scotland 19.7 26.2 53.2 58.2 Wales 22.2 28.8 54.6 60.3 Northern Ireland — — — — Source: New Earnings Survey.
Note: "—" denotes information not available.
Full time employees on adult rates whose par was unaffected by absence: Percentage with weekly earnings (excluding overtime) below the following specified amounts April 1991 £130 £140 £180 £190 Manual men West Midlands region 7.2 11.1 34.1 40.5 West Midlands MC 6.4 10.0 28.4 35.0 Hereford and Worcester 7.2 13.3 47.7 52.1 Shropshire 6.8 11.5 42.2 50.9 Staffordshire 9.2 12.8 41.3 47.9 Warwickshire 7.7 10.7 28.0 32.7 England 6.7 10.3 32.1 38.5 Scotland 9.2 13.7 39.4 46.6 Wales 8.6 13.7 38.1 45.9 Northern Ireland — — — — Non-manual men West Midlands region 3.8 5.4 14.8 17.3 West Midlands MC 3.9 5.4 14.6 17.1 Hereford and Worcester 2.6 3.6 12.3 15.2 Shropshire 2.7 4.0 15.5 19.5 Staffordshire 5.0 6.8 17.5 19.6 Warwickshire 3.3 5.1 13.9 15.1 England 2.7 4.1 11.8 14.0 Scotland 3.7 5.7 14.4 17.1 Wales 4.4 6.1 15.9 18.4 Northern Ireland — — — — All men West Midlands region 5.6 8.3 24.8 29.3 West Midlands MC 5.1 7.7 21.4 26.0 Hereford and Worcester 5.1 8.9 31.4 35.1 Shropshire 5.1 8.4 31.2 38.0 Staffordshire 7.3 10.1 30.6 35.2 Warwickshire 5.5 7.9 21.0 24.0 England 4.5 6.9 21.0 25.1 Scotland 6.5 9.8 27.1 32.1 Wales 6.7 102 28.0 33.4 Northern Ireland — — — — Source: New Earnings Survey.
Note: "—" denotes information not available.