§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many checks were carried out by the wages inspectorate which found workers underpaid in each region for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. McLoughlinI refer the hon. Member to my reply of 22 May 1992 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. Burden),Official Report, columns 339–46, tables 7 and 8.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many establishments in each region since 1979 have been(a) found failing to post wages council notices, (b) found failing to keep adequate records of wages paid, (c) found failing to keep adequate records of hours worked and (d) the subject of criminal prosecutions against employers under the Wages Act 1986.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information is shown in the tables. In most cases the information is divided into two tables of changes in divisional boundaries in 1986.
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Table 1 Establishments found failing to post Wages Council notices 1979–1986 Division 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 London (East) 620 612 413 415 295 429 288 700 London (West) 346 365 277 343 314 375 438 1— South East 623 843 457 759 906 1,058 859 1,108 Southern 529 534 375 302 295 548 591 433 Eastern 358 580 683 425 414 652 616 644 South West 846 981 783 647 756 853 781 670 Midlands (East) 444 485 420 434 652 473 347 258 Midlands (West) 451 451 243 374 406 695 781 504 North West (East) 555 419 240 296 367 388 447 688 North West (West) 621 558 376 340 489 629 605 685 Yorkshire and Humberside 990 770 675 726 934 763 638 668 Northern 389 540 421 267 271 394 466 528 Scotland (East) 644 689 370 437 489 495 524 409 Scotland (West) 530 679 394 299 371 329 386 289 Wales 609 682 695 502 429 444 603 473 TOTALS 8,555 9,188 6,822 6,566 7,388 8,525 8,370 8,057 1 Included in London (East) figure.
Table 2 Establishments found failing to post wages council notices 1987 to 1991 Divisions 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 London 480 540 304 371 672 South East 1,049 725 910 575 629 Eastern 935 1,127 863 692 474 South West 983 1,265 1,354 1,297 1,185 Midlands 512 928 1,145 1,075 1,350 North West 894 1,395 1,686 2,223 1,710 Yorkshire and Humberside 485 673 857 803 934 Northern 413 474 593 693 932 Scotland 524 821 887 929 1,052 Totals 6,275 7,948 8,599 8,658 8,938
Table 3 Establishments found failing to keep adequate records of wages paid 1979–1986 Division 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 London (East) 446 377 226 144 214 150 85 128 London (West) 143 122 82 72 62 54 89 1— South East 361 459 242 368 375 270 148 190 Southern 440 358 200 138 159 161 144 69 Eastern 224 270 324 159 140 181 152 129 South West 223 268 176 137 117 114 96 66 Midlands (East) 127 125 94 90 121 127 77 37 Midlands (West) 160 166 94 137 128 139 83 51 North West (East) 244 163 118 102 134 71 69 81 North West (West) 220 135 117 59 86 93 82 106 Yorks and Humberside 514 428 354 312 583 193 136 99 Northern 231 210 159 92 86 54 131 141 Scotland (East) 143 174 91 120 106 96 84 81 Scotland (West) 206 264 124 95 131 105 123 111 Wales 376 409 350 292 158 91 99 44 Totals 4,058 3,928 2,751 2,317 2,600 1,899 1,598 1,333 1 Included in London (East) figure. 710W711W
Table 4 Establishments found failing to keep adequate records of wages paid 1987–1991 Divisions 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 London 47 32 18 20 73 South East 348 304 301 240 273 Eastern 155 211 207 119 58 South West 108 183 155 181 266 Midlands 71 120 175 176 235 North West 168 258 336 324 399
Divisions 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Yorkshire and Humberside 133 161 184 197 259 Northern 95 97 127 152 228 Scotland 124 181 196 139 182 Totals 1,249 1,547 1,699 1,548 1,973
Table 5 Establishments found failing to keep adequate records of hours worked 1979–86 Division 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 London (East) 1,522 1,326 911 693 752 686 349 899 London (West) 707 628 486 585 615 625 829 1— South East 1,180 1,465 790 1,302 1,631 1,558 1,277 1,739 Southern 1,718 1,609 947 814 779 1,003 1,056 771 Eastern 821 985 1,124 658 680 1,001 942 903 South West 1,474 1,538 1,172 940 1,229 957 924 659 Midlands (East) 652 671 576 438 513 695 564 338 Midlands (West) 581 527 449 513 508 597 630 485 North West (East) 782 687 453 474 473 448 490 713 North West (West) 1,031 828 451 381 588 738 650 733 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,771 1,380 1,185 1,070 1,240 1,108 854 877 Northern 1,049 907 664 434 452 478 687 734 Scotland (East) 1,008 957 676 594 798 847 917 780 Scotland (West) 1,099 1,065 575 437 470 408 448 395 Wales 1,045 1,202 1,048 879 638 467 618 432 Totals 16,440 15,775 11,507 10,212 11,366 11,616 11,235 10,458 1 Included in London (East) figure.
Table 6 Establishments found failing to keep records of hours worked 1987–1991 Divisions 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 London 430 269 111 151 310 South East 1,404 1,010 1,141 808 963 Eastern 1,011 1,119 1,009 732 460 South West 759 970 911 743 771 Midlands 511 649 675 714 995 North West 926 1,254 1,211 1,189 1,162 Yorkshire and Humberside 548 647 609 686 825 Northern 432 422 487 580 857 Scotland 722 889 816 757 1,048 Totals 6,743 7,229 6,970 6,360 7,391
Table 7 Prosecutions under the Wages Councils Act 1979 and the Wages Act 1986 for the period 1979 to 1991 Divisions 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 London 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 South East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 Eastern 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 South West 4 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 Midlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 North West 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 Yorkshire and Humberside 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 8 Northern 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 Scotland 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 12 8 10 7 2 2 2 3 8 11 10 9 17