HC Deb 27 January 1992 vol 202 cc437-40W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for part-time women workers(a) average gross weekly earnings, (b) average weekly hours total and overtime and (c) average gross hourly earnings for (i) manual, (ii) non-manual and (iii) all part-time women workers in (1) Great Britain, (2) Scotland and (3) each region in Scotland.

Mr. Jackson

In September 1991, the latest date for which information is available, 9 per cent. of male employees were working part time in Great Britain.

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will estimate the percentage of all women part-time workers in Great Britain earning less than(a) £2.50 per hour, (b) £3 per hour. (c) £3.60 per hour, (d) £4 per hour, (e) £4.50 per hour and (f) £5 per hour;

(2) if he will estimate the percentage of part-time non-manual workers in Great Britain earning less than (a) £2.50 per hour, (b) £3 per hour, (c) £3.60 per hour, (d) £4 per hour, (e) £4.50 per hour and (f) £5 per hour;

(3) if he will estimate the percentage of women part-time manual workers in Great Britain earning less than (a) £2.50 per hour, (b) £3 per hour, (c) £3.60 per hour, (d) £4 per hour, (e) £4.50 per hour and (f) £5 per hour.

Mr. Forth

The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey closest to that requested is given in the table.

Mr. Forth

[holding answer 24 January 1992]The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey is given in the tables.

Average gross weekly and hourly earnings and hours of part time manual women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence
Average gross April 1991 Average gross
Weekly earnings (£) Hourly earnings (£) Total hours Overtime hours
Borders 1
Central
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 3.30 18.5 0.6
Grampian 3.35 17.6 0.8
Highland
Lothian 67.8 3.65 18.9 0.9
Strathclyde 70.1 3.48 20.7 0.9
Tayside 3.37 17.4 0.9
Islands
Highlands/Islands
Scotland 66.3 3.44 19.4 0.8
Great Britain 67.6 3.51 19.7 1.0

Source: New Earnings Survey.

1"—" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimates.

Note: It is estimated that around one fifth of part-time women employees were not covered by the NES because their gross weekly earnings were below the PAYE threshold.

Average gross weekly and hourly earnings and hours of part time non-manual women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence
Average gross April 1991 Average gross
Weekly earnings (£) Hourly earnings (£) Total hours Overtime hours
Borders 1
Central
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife
Grampian
Highland
Lothian 107.5
Strathclyde 100.6 5.02 20.5 1.0
Tayside
Islands
Highlands/Islands
Scotland 100.9 5.01 20.3 1.0
Great Britain 95.0 4.93 19.5 0.9

Source: New Earnings Survey.

1"—" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimates.

Note: It is estimated that around one fifth of part-time women employees were not covered by the NES because their gross weekly earnings were below the PAYE threshold.

Average gross weekly and hourly earnings and hours of all part time women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence
Average gross April 1991 Average gross
Weekly earnings (£) Hourly earnings (£) Total hours Overtime hours
Borders 1
Central
Dumfries/Galloway
Fife 4.02 19.4 1.1
Grampian 81.1 4.30 18.7 0.9
Highland
Lothian 90.4 4.47 20.1 1.1
Strathclyde 88.5 4.39 20.6 1.0
Tayside 76.9 4.06 18.5 0.9
Islands
Highlands/Islands
Scotland 86.1 4.36 19.9 0.9
Great Britain 84.9 4.41 19.6 1.0
Number of farmers and farmworkers in June 1991
Whole-time Part-time All workers
County Principal farmers Other partners Total Principal farmers Other partners Total Total farmers and directors Male Female Total1 Salaried managers
Clwyd 2,403 616 3,019 791 423 1,214 4,233 2,192 461 2,653 55
Dyfed 6,915 1,408 8,323 2,383 905 3,288 11,611 4,812 1,546 6,358 51
Gwent 1,275 241 1,516 527 234 761 2,277 1,135 318 1,453 31
Gwynedd 2,827 525 3,352 1,100 388 1,488 4,840 1,902 332 2,234 45
Mid Glamorgan 550 116 666 236 95 331 997 512 123 635 10
Powys 3,766 973 4,739 1,045 558 1,603 6,342 2,975 454 3,429 41
South Glamorgan 290 75 365 112 64 176 541 450 132 582 21
West Glamorgan 483 106 589 224 96 320 909 479 147 626 10
Wales 18,509 4,060 22,569 6,418 2,763 9,181 31,750 14,457 3,513 17,970 264
1 Excluding salaried managers.

Source: June Agricultural Census 1991.

Note: Figures exclude minor holdings not included in the June Census.

Source: New Earnings Survey.

1"—" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimates.

Note: It is estimated that around one fifth of part-time women employees were not covered by the NES because their gross weekly earnings were below the PAYE threshold.

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