§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the proportions of female part-time workers on adult rates, in April, with hourly earnings of less than(a) £3.80, (b) £5.00 and (c) £5.20; and if he will provide these figures by standard economic region, for Great Britain, and for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. ForthThe information available from the 1991 new earnings survey closest to that requested is given in the table.
Percentage of part.time female employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was unaffected by absence, with hourly earnings below the following specified amounts. April 1991 £ £ £ 3.80 4.80 5.40 Greater London 23.5 53.3 65.1 South East 38.1 64.7 74.3 East Anglia 53.7 76.5 83.6 South West 57.4 77.2 84.4 West Midlands 58.5 78.8 84.0 East Midlands 59.2 79.5 86.3 Yorks and Humberside 59.6 79.7 85.4 North West 56.8 79.4 85.2 Northern 63.0 81.5 88.2 Wales 62.7 79.4 85.7 Scotland 54.4 76.6 82.1 Great Britain 52.3 74.7 81.8 3.80 5.00 5.50 Northern Ireland 60.4 77.8 82.0 Source: New Earnings Survey, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.