§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each existing wages council(a) what is the current minimum rate of pay, (b) how many employees are covered, (c) what is the administrative cost, (d) how many establishments are covered, (e) how many inspectors are employed, (f) how many inspections have taken place and in each of the last five years, (g) how many establishments have been contacted other than by visit, (h) how many establishments have been found to be paying less than the minimum and (i) how many prosecutions have taken place.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThere is no record kept of the administrative cost for each individual wages council and wages inspectors are not employed for individual wages councils. Other information requested is set out in the following tables:
Table 1 Current wages council minimum hourly rates Wages councils Basic hourly rate £ Aerated Waters 2.9400 Clothing Manufacturing 2.6375 Boot and Shoe Repairing 2.9100 Button Manufacturing 2.5850 Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making 3.0500 Cotton Waste Reclamation 2.6800 Flax and Hemp 1— Fur 2.7200 General Waste Materials Reclamation 2.5000 Hairdressing Undertaking 2.7800 Hat, Cap and Millinery 2.6667 Lace Finishing 1— Laundry 2.9100 Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods 2.6000 Made-up Textiles 2.5700 Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower 2.6600 Perambulator and Invalid Carriage 3.0400 Retail Bespoke Tailoring 3.1000 Rope Twine and Net 2.6700 Sack and Bag 2.6550 Toy Manufacturing 2.5200 Retail Trades (Non-Food) 3.0650 Retail Food and Allied Trades 3.0800 Licensed Non-Residential Establishment 2.9100 Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant 2.8000 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 2.9200 1 Council adjourned indefinitely—the two sides negotiate voluntary agreements. 236W
Table 4 Number of inspections 1987 to 1991 Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Aerated waters 26 31 22 14 7 Clothing manufacturing 967 603 486 390 402 Boot and shoe repairing 224 245 216 59 335 Button manufacturing 3 7 5 3 2 Coffin furniture and cerement making 2 3 3 4 1 Cotton waste reclamation 5 4 3 0 3
Table 2 Number of workers covered by wages councils Wages councils Workers covered Aerated Waters 5,500 Clothing Manufacturing 14,700 Boot and Shoe Repairing 5,000 Button Manufacturing 1,000 Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making 200 Cotton Waste Reclamation 300 Flax and Hemp 500 Fur 1,500 General Waste Materials Reclamation 13,000 Hairdressing Undertaking 64,000 Hat, Cap and Millinery 4,000 Lace Finishing 900 Laundry 26,000 Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods 2,500 Made-up Textiles 3,000 Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower 500 Perambulator and Invalid Carriage 2,000 Retail Bespoke Tailoring 4,000 Rope Twine and Net 2,500 Sack and Bag 1,000 Toy Manufacturing 11,000 Retail Trades (Non-Food) 745,000 Retail Food and Allied Trades 465,000 Licensed Non-Residential Establishment 492,000 Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant 379,000 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 96,000 237W
Table 3 Number of establishments covered by wages councils Wages councils Establishments covered Aerated Waters 262 Clothing Manufacturing 6,399 Boot and Shoe Repairing 2,993 Button Manufacturing 47 Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making 21 Cotton Waste Reclamation 23 Flax and Hemp 10 Fur 187 General Waste Materials Reclamation 1,419 Hairdressing Undertaking 33,772 Hat, Cap and Millinery 124 Lace Finishing 62 Laundry 1,195 Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods 133 Made-up Textiles 281 Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower 36 Perambulator and Invalid Carriage 30 Retail Bespoke Tailoring 479 Rope Twine and Net 91 Sack and Bag 63 Toy Manufacturing 216 Retail Trades (Non-Food) 116,498 Retail Food and Allied Trades 112,079 Licensed Non-Residential Establishment 68,223 Licensed Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurant 34,589 Unlicensed Place of Refreshment 18,884
Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Flax and hemp 2 0 0 0 0 Fur 21 18 12 4 6 General waste materials reclamation 116 150 100 87 70 Hairdressing 2,200 2,392 2,633 2,281 2,730 Hat, cap and millinery 8 26 11 6 3 Lace finishing 0 0 0 0 0 Laundry 107 125 95 45 74 Linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece goods 17 12 14 7 10 Made-up textiles 27 32 27 28 8 Ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower 3 3 6 3 3 Perambulator and invalid carriage 3 2 3 0 3 Retail bespoke tailoring 37 43 40 21 14 Rope, twine and net 7 8 11 12 4 Sack and bag 7 12 6 4 2 Toy manufacturing 20 24 18 16 15 Retail trades (non-food) 8,354 9,649 9,551 8,081 9,542 Retail food and allied trades 7,171 9,860 10,111 9,331 8,278 Licensed non-residential establishments 6,475 5,063 5,310 5,005 5,819 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 3,213 2,613 2,781 2,910 3,084 Unlicensed place of refreshment 1,509 1,530 2,164 2,369 2,171
Table 5 Establishments checkd other than by visit 1987 to 1991 Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Aerated waters 2 10 5 4 1 Clothing manufacturing 84 44 50 31 35 Boot and shoe repairing 121 79 125 12 270 Button manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 Coffin furniture and cerement making 0 1 0 1 0 Cotton waste reclamation 0 0 0 0 0 Flax and hemp 0 0 0 0 0 Fur 2 0 1 0 0 General waste materials reclamation 20 39 41 33 29 Hairdressing 1,068 738 1,116 928 841 Hat, cap and millinery 0 3 5 1 0 Lace finishing 0 0 0 0 0 Laundry 23 28 29 2 8 Linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece goods 2 1 0 0 3 Made-up textiles 4 7 3 4 0 Ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower 0 1 2 0 0 Perambulator and invalid carriage 0 2 0 0 0 Retail bespoke tailoring 4 6 7 4 3 Rope, twine and net 0 2 1 2 0 Sack and bag 0 1 1 0 0 Toy manufacturing 3 1 2 7 0 Retail trades (non-food) 4,650 5,430 5,558 4,116 5,413 Retail food and allied trades 3,651 4,147 3,883 3,953 2,746 Licensed non-residential establishments 2,198 1,560 3,347 2,230 2,705 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 593 488 899 1,087 1,039 Unlicensed place of refreshment 163 312 1,114 1,290 1,067 238W 239W
Table 6 Number of establishments found to be paying less than the minimum 1987 to 1991 Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Aerated waters 2 2 1 0 0 Clothing manufacturing 191 128 111 90 97 Boot and shoe repairing 7 18 11 12 9 Button manufacturing 0 0 1 1 1 Coffin furniture and cerement making 0 0 0 1 0 Cotton waste reclamation 2 0 0 0 0 Flax and hemp 0 0 0 0 0
Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Fur 0 2 3 0 1 General waste materials reclamation 5 11 2 3 3 Hairdressing 290 330 319 307 368 Hat, cap and millinery 3 0 0 1 1 Lace finishing 0 0 0 0 0 Laundry 10 20 16 12 19 Linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece goods 2 4 3 2 2 Made-up textiles 1 2 5 6 1 Ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower 0 0 0 0 1 Perambulator and invalid carriage 0 0 0 0 1 Retail bespoke tailoring 3 6 3 3 0 Rope, twine and net 0 0 0 0 1 Sack and bag 1 0 0 1 0 Toy manufacturing 1 2 3 2 6 Retail trades (non-food) 854 1,130 1,108 1,101 1,336 Retail food and allied trades 1,399 2,143 2,289 2,078 2,240 Licensed non-residential establishments 843 1,016 847 723 916 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 516 405 475 458 578 Unlicensed place of refreshment 313 378 331 404 390
Table 7 Number of prosecutions 1987 to 1991 Paying less than the minimum Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Aerated waters 0 0 0 0 0 Clothing manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 Boot and shoe repairing 0 0 0 0 0 Button manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 Coffin furniture and cerement making 0 0 0 0 0 Cotton waste reclamation 0 0 0 0 0 Flax and hemp 0 0 0 0 0 Fur 0 0 0 0 0 General waste materials reclamation 0 0 0 0 0 Hairdressing 1 2 0 1 2 Hat, cap and millinery 0 0 0 0 0 Lace finishing 0 0 0 0 0 Laundry 0 0 0 0 0 Linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece goods 0 0 0 0 0 Made-up textiles 0 0 0 0 0 Ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower 0 0 0 0 0 Perambulator and invalid carriage 0 0 0 0 0 Retail bespoke tailoring 0 0 0 0 0 Rope, twine and net 0 0 0 0 0 Sack and bag 0 0 0 0 0 Toy manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 Retail trades (non-food) 1 0 2 0 2 Retail food and allied trades 2 8 5 5 7 Licensed non-residential establishments 0 0 1 0 1 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 0 0 0 0 2 Unlicensed place of refreshment 0 0 1 1 0 240W 241W
Table 8 Number of prosecutions 1987 to 1991 All Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Aerated waters 0 0 0 0 0 Clothing manufacturing 1 0 0 0 1 Boot and shoe repairing 0 0 0 0 0 Button manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 Coffin furniture and cerement making 0 0 0 0 0 Cotton waste reclamation 0 0 0 0 0
Wages councils 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Flax and hemp 0 0 0 0 0 Fur 0 0 0 0 0 General waste materials reclamation 0 0 0 0 0 Hairdressing 2 2 0 1 2 Hat, cap and millinery 0 0 0 0 0 Lace finishing 0 0 0 0 0 Laundry 0 0 0 0 0 Linen and cotton handkerchief and household goods and linen piece goods 0 0 0 0 0 Made-up textiles 0 0 0 0 0 Ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower 0 0 0 0 0 Perambulator and invalid carriage 0 0 0 0 0 Retail bespoke tailoring 0 0 0 0 0 Rope, twine and net 0 0 0 0 0 Sack and bag 0 0 0 0 0 Toy manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 Retail trades (non-food) 1 0 2 0 4 Retail food and allied trades 2 8 6 6 7 Licensed non-residential establishments 0 0 1 1 1 Licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants 1 0 0 0 2 Unlicensed place of refreshment 1 1 1 1 0
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to her answer of 29 June,Official Report, columns 418–26, when she expects to be in a position to give the corresponding information for 1992–93.
§ Mr. McLoughlin[holding answer 3 July 1992]: For the present, the 1992–93 information remains subject to commercial confidentiality. The information will be made available in due course.