§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many companies in(a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland as a whole have been found to be paying below minimum rates set by wages councils in each of the past seven years; and what is the amount of money calculated to be owed to employees in each of these years.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 17 February 1993]: Separate statistics for Strathclyde are not available. The information for Scotland is provided in the table:
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Part 2 of Wages Act 1986: Wages inspectorate statistics Scotland Year Number of establishments underpaying Amount of arrears assessed £ 1985 849 238,422 1986 656 187,914 1987 323 86,872 1988 509 128,514 1989 547 166,578 1990 619 175,993 1991 737 184,001