HC Deb 15 July 1993 vol 228 cc608-10W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for what are the current average earnings of part-time workers on adult rates, distinguishing between manual and non-manual in(a) Yorkshire and Humberside, (b) west Yorkshire, (c) South Yorkshire, (d) north Yorkshire, (e) Humberside, (f) the north of England and (g) the United Kingdom.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information requested is contained in the following table:

Average gross weekly earnings of part-time em on adult rates of pay unaffected by absent April 1992
Manual Non-manual
£ £
Yorkshire and Humberside 70.8 97.2
West Yorkshire 67.7 96.1
South Yorkshire 73.1 100.4
North Yorkshire 74.9
Humberside 72.0
North 69.1 93.0
United Kingdom 72.7 103.7

Source: New Earnings Survey, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Note: "—" denotes sample number too small or standard error too large for reliable estimate.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for what percentage of workers on adult rates currently earn less than(a) £2.50, (b) £3.00, (c) £3.50, (d) £4.00, (e) £4.50, (f) £5.00, (g) £5.50 and (h) £6.50 per hour including and excluding overtime, in (i) Yorkshire and Humberside, (ii) north Yorkshire, (iii) the north and (iv) the United Kingdom, distinguishing between manual and non-manual, male and female and full and part-time workers.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Information available from the new earnings survey can be found in the following tables:

Full-time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings including overtime below the following amounts: April 1992
Yorkshire/ Humberside North Yorkshire North Great Britain
£
Manual men
2.50 .6 .9 .8 .5
3.00 2.3 3.7 2.6 2.1
3.50 6.1 7.6 6.5 5.8
4.00 13.8 19.7 13.0 12.7
4.50 24.1 31.9 21.6 22.2
5.00 36.0 45.4 31.5 33.3
5.50 48.2 59.4 43.9 45.2
6.50 67.6 77.3 64.1 64.8
Non-manual men
2.50 .5 .6 .4 .3
3.00 1.0 1.6 1.1 .8
3.50 3.6 6.2 3.1 2.4
4.00 6.9 9.9 6.9 4.8
4.50 10.6 14.3 9.5 7.9
5.00 16.0 21.1 13.6 11.9
5.50 21.3 27.0 17.8 16.4
6.50 31.2 37.9 26.7 24.9
Manual women
2.50 3.0 1.3 4.2 3.4
3.00 16.6 12.8 17.5 13.8
3.50 39.5 33.3 37.2 31.7
4.00 57.5 52.6 55.2 49.9

Yorkshire/ Humberside North Yorkshire North Great Britain
£
4.50 69.6 62.8 68.2 64.6
5.00 80.9 79.5 78.8 76.7
5.50 89.3 88.5 85.2 84.7
6.50 96.2 93.6 95.6 93.3
Non-manual women
2.50 .8 .9 1.2 .5
3.00 2.9 4.4 3.4 1.9
3.50 10.3 14.2 10.0 6.7
4.00 19.1 25.9 19.4 13.2
4.50 30.0 38.5 30.3 21.7
5.00 40.3 48.3 42.0 31.4
5.50 50.6 59.3 53.6 41.1
6.50 65.3 76.0 68.6 55.8

Part-time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings including overtime below the following amounts: April 1992
£ Yorkshire/ Humberside North Yorkshire North Great Britain
Manual women
2.50 5.5 4.9 5.6 6.5
3.00 23.2 20.6 26.9 22.0
3.50 49.6 39.2 64.9 51.8
4.00 74.5 65.7 81.2 71.3
4.50 84.6 78.4 87.5 82.9
5.00 92.2 92.2 92.4 90.2
5.50 95.5 95.1 94.2 93.8
6.50 97.7 96.1 96.4 96.9
Non-manual women
2.50 2.5 3.0 2.2 2.0
3.00 7.3 6.0 7.5 6.0
3.50 28.5 36.3 31.0 24.7
4.00 44.5 51.8 44.4 38.2
4.50 58.2 61.9 54.9 51.5
5.00 68.4 68.5 66.1 62.2
5.50 76.2 78.6 75.6 70.1
6.50 84.7 86.9 85.2 79.9

Full-time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts: April 1992
£ Yorkshire/ Humberside North Yorkshire North Great Britain
Manual men
2.50 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6
3.00 2.6 3.9 2.8 2.4
3.50 7.3 9.6 7.7 6.8
4.00 17.2 25.0 14.9 15.5
4.50 27.9 37.8 23.6 25.4
5.00 39.6 50.5 34.0 36.6
5.50 52.4 63.8 46.1 48.4
6.50 70.7 79.1 66.3 67.4
Non-manual men
2.50 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3
3.00 1.2 1.9 1.1 0.8
3.50 4.0 6.2 3.5 2.5
4.00 7.5 11.2 7.0 5.2
4.50 11.3 14.9 10.0 8.4
5.00 16.8 21.4 14.1 12.5
5.50 22.0 27.6 19.0 17.0
6.50 32.1 38.2 27.7 25.8
Manual women
2.50 3.2 2.6 4.4 3.6
3.00 17.5 12.8 17.5 14.4
3.50 41.0 37.2 37.7 33.2
4.00 59.3 55.1 56.7 51.8
4.50 72.1 65.4 69.5 66.2

£ Yorkshire/ Humberside North Yorkshire North Great Britain
5.00 82.5 79.5 79.3 77.8
5.50 90.2 92.3 86.2 85.6
6.50 97.1 94.9 95.6 93.8
Non-manual women
2.50 0.8 1.3 1.2 0.5
3.00 3.0 4.7 3.5 1.9
3.50 10.7 14.8 10.2 6.9
4.00 19.3 25.9 19.9 13.5
4.50 30.3 39.4 30.9 22.1
5.00 40.8 48.9 43.2 31.9
5.50 51.1 59.9 55.1 41.7
6.50 65.9 76.0 69.1 56.3

Part-time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts: April 1992
£ Yorkshire/ Humberside North Yorkshire North Great Britain
Manual women
2.50 5.5 4.9 5.6 6.5
3.00 23.9 20.6 27.1 22.3
3.50 49.8 39.2 65.1 52.1
4.00 74.7 63.7 81.4 72.0
4.50 84.6 76.5 87.3 82.9
5.00 91.7 89.2 92.8 90.2
5.50 95.0 93.1 94.6 93.8
6.50 97.5 95.1 96.2 96.8
Non-manual women
2.50 2.5 3.0 2.2 2.1
3.00 7.6 6.5 1.1 6.1
3.50 28.7 35.1 32.1 25.2
4.00 45.1 52.4 44.7 38.5
4.50 58.4 62.5 54.6 51.6
5.00 68.7 68.5 66.1 62.3
5.50 76.2 78.6 75.4 70.0
6.50 84.7 86.9 85.3 79.9

Source: New Earnings Survey.

Note: Information for part-time men is not available.

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for what were the median, highest and lowest decile earnings of full-time workers on adult rates, distinguishing between male and female, manual and non-manual in(a) Yorkshire and Humberside, (b) the north of England and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1979.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Information for Great Britain and the regions of Britain can be found in table 116 of part E of the new earnings survey for each of the years requested.

Corresponding information for Northern Ireland is available only from 1984 and can be found in table 1 of the Northern Ireland report. Information for the United Kingdom is not available.

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