§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment on average in terms of percentage how much female(a) part-time and (b) full-time workers earn; and if he will make a statement.
§ Miss WiddecombeInformation on the earnings of female part-time and full-time workers can be found in table 19 of part A of the new earnings survey, the 1992 edition of which can be found in the Library. Part A of the 1993 new earnings survey will be published in September.
§ Mr. WatsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what were the figures for average weekly earnings for(a) males and (b) females in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) England for 1979 and the latest year for which figures are available;
(2) what were the figures for average weekly earnings for (a) males in manual work, (b) males in non-manual work, (c) females in manual work and (d) females in non-manual work in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) England for 1979 and the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is published in tables 12 and 13 of part A of the new earnings survey for 1979 and 1992.
§ Mr. WatsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures for average hourly792W earnings for (a) males and (b) females in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) England for 1979 and for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is published in tables 122 and 123 of part E of the new earnings survey for 1979 and 1992.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Leeds, West (Mr. Battle) of 15 July,Official Report, columns 608–12, if he will provide for Scotland, Wales and each English region equivalent figures on earnings to those given in his answer.
§ Miss Widdecombe[holding answer 26 July 1993]: Information available from the new earnings survey can be found in the following tables.
Average gross weekly earnings of part-time employees on adult rates-pay unaffected by absence: April 1992 Manual (£) Non-manual(£) Greater London 87.7 127.5 South East 77.7 113.1 South West 67.9 97.2 West Midlands 71.0 100.8 East Midlands 70.1 95.1 Yorkshire/Humberside 70.8 97.2 North West 75.0 100.7 North 69.1 93.0 Scotland 70.7 108.1 Wales 69.4 101.5
Full time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross weekly earnings including overtime below the following amounts: April 1992 Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Manual men £100 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.8 £150 5.1 5.9 7.1 9.6 8.3 9.0 £200 16.4 20.6 27.1 31.2 27.8 28.9 £250 35.7 41.8 52.7 55.7 52.7 53.4 Non Manual men £100 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.4 £150 1.7 2.4 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.3 £200 6.7 8.7 13.7 15.1 14.1 15.1 £250 15.1 17.8 27.9 26.2 26.6 28.3 Manual women £100 3.1 4.6 6.1 8.0 7.8 6.8 £150 22.6 32.2 50.4 49.0 49.0 52.6 £200 53.3 63.5 81.1 79.9 79.5 82.7 £250 74.8 81.2 93.6 91.5 92.9 91.9 Non Manual women £100 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.8 1.4 1.6 £150 3.3 6.8 16.4 17.0 18.7 17.2 £200 14.5 24.5 47.4 46.0 50.1 47.1 £250 34.0 45.6 65.9 64.8 67.2 65.1
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Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales Manual men £100 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 £150 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.0 9.9 £200 27.0 27.5 25.9 27.1 31.4
Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales £250 50.5 51.0 50.6 52.4 54.1 Non Manual men £100 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 £150 5.5 4.8 4.5 5.5 5.2 £200 16.1 14.6 13.6 15.2 15.4 £250 28.9 25.0 25.2 26.2 28.3 Manual women £100 8.3 9.2 5.3 6.4 7.6 £150 52.9 46.8 47.7 47.6 48.8 £200 80.1 79.0 76.7 78.6 81.4 £250 92.6 91.5 92.6 91.7 94.4 Non Manual women £100 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.3 2.1 £150 19.3 16.5 18.7 18.8 18.7 £200 47.7 45.7 48.6 47.8 46.4 £250 65.8 63.8 65.6 65.3 65.8
Full time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross weekly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts: April 1992 Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Manual men £100 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 £150 6.9 8.2 11.8 14.0 13.0 14.5 £200 24.6 30.8 41.8 45.2 40.6 43.8 £250 50.6 58.7 71.4 72.7 69.3 71.6 Non Manual men £100 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.4 £150 1.9 2.8 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.5 £200 7.5 10.1 16.5 17.5 16.4 17.3 £250 17.4 20.3 31.5 29.0 29.9 31.7 Manual women £100 3.2 5.1 7.6 8.5 8.6 7.0 £150 26.0 37.2 54.5 53.8 53.8 58.2 £200 60.0 70.7 88.3 86.5 85.9 88.4 £250 81.3 87.2 98.1 95.0 95.7 96.6 Non Manual women £100 0.4 0.7 0.9 2.1 1.4 1.6 £150 3.6 7.4 17.7 18.3 20.3 18.6 £200 15.7 26.3 49.1 48.3 52.0 48.9 £250 35.8 47.5 68.2 66.8 69.0 66.8
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Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales Manual men £100 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.9 £150 13.6 12.2 12.1 12.7 14.8 £200 42.2 42.3 37.9 42.6 44.0 £250 69.5 68.3 66.2 70.0 69.9 Non Manual men £100 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.7 £150 6.6 5.6 5.5 6.4 6.3 £200 18.8 17.2 15.6 17.1 18.0 £250 32.0 28.0 28.2 29.1 31.2 Manual women £100 9.1 9.8 7.2 7.3 8.1 £150 58.3 52.3 53.3 52.7 55.1 £200 87.6 84.6 82.8 84.8 86.3 £250 97.3 95.3 95.3 95.2 96.3 Non Manual women £100 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.5 2.4
Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales £150 20.4 17.9 19.9 20.7 20.4 £200 49.9 48.2 51.3 50.1 48.0 £250 67.6 65.7 67.9 66.9 66.6
Full time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts: April 1992 Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Manual men £2.50 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 £3.00 1.7 1.5 2.1 2.8 2.6 3.3 £3.50 3.9 4.5 5.5 7.7 7.8 8.5 £4.00 8.5 10.9 17.3 19.0 16.7 18.4 £4.50 14.9 19.2 28.0 30.3 25.9 29.1 £5.00 23.2 29.2 41.2 42.7 27.0 40.5 £5.50 31.0 39.4 53.3 54.9 49.1 53.6 £6.50 51.3 59.8 72.4 72.2 69.0 71.9 Non Manual men £2.50 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.4 £3.00 0.4 0.5 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.9 £3.50 0.9 1.4 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.2 £4.00 1.8 3.1 6.6 6.0 6.2 6.3 £4.50 3.4 5.5 10.4 10.1 9.7 10.5 £5.00 5.6 8.4 15.1 15.0 14.8 15.3 £5.50 8.5 11.7 21.2 20.6 20.5 21.0 £6.50 15.5 19.4 31.1 28.5 31.0 32.0 Manual women £2.50 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.4 4.4 3.2 £3.00 6.8 8.5 15.0 15.2 16.4 16.4 £3.50 17.2 21.9 37.0 36.6 35.5 39.5 £4.00 27.1 39.0 57.3 55.1 54.9 61.2 £4.50 42.0 54.1 72.8 69.8 68.9 75.1 £5.00 56.8 67.1 85.8 81.8 80.9 84.4 £5.50 69.6 76.7 89.0 89.1 88.5 90.6 £6.50 82.3 88.3 97.2 94.5 95.9 96.2 Non Manual men £2.50 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 £3.00 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.5 2.6 2.4 £3.50 1.4 3.1 8.6 8.7 9.0 8.8 £4.00 3.3 6.8 16.5 16.4 18.7 17.5 £4.50 6.1 12.3 27.1 25.7 29.8 28.0 £5.00 10.3 19.1 40.8 38.8 43.5 40.0 £5.50 15.4 26.8 52.9 49.2 54.2 50.5 £6.50 29.3 42.3 67.6 63.5 67.1 64.6
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Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales Manual men £2.50 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.7 £3.00 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.7 £3.50 7.3 7.3 7.7 7.5 8.3 £4.00 17.2 16.0 14.9 17.0 17.3 £4.50 27.9 27.0 23.6 28.4 28.1 £5.00 39.6 38.4 34.0 39.9 40.7 £5.50 52.4 50.1 46.1 52.5 52.9 £6.50 70.7 68.4 66.3 70.8 69.1 Non manual men £2.50 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 £3.00 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.4 £3.50 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.8 £4.00 7.5 5.8 7.0 7.1 7.4 £4.50 11.3 9.7 10.0 10.5 11.9 £5.00 16.8 14.6 14.1 15.1 15.8 £5.50 22.0 19.3 19.0 20.3 21.5 £6. 50 32.1 27.8 27.7 29.9 31.6
Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales Manual women £2.50 3.2 5.2 4.4 3.5 3.3 £3.00 17.5 17.3 17.5 16.6 14.6 £3.50 41.0 35.1 37.7 37.6 34.1 £4.00 59.3 52.9 56.7 54.4 56.9 £4.50 72.1 68.0 69.5 69.9 70.2 £5.00 82.5 79.8 79.3 81.0 81.0 £5.50 90.2 87.0 86.2 89.9 87.5 £6.50 97.1 94.8 95.6 94.9 95.7 Non manual women £2.50 0.8 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.8 £3.00 3.0 2.7 3.5 2.3 3.6 £3.50 10.7 7.9 10.2 10.1 9.6 £4.00 19.3 15.3 19.9 18.3 17.4 £4.50 30.3 25.4 30.9 28.6 28.9 £5.00 40.8 36.6 43.2 38.9 39.0 £5.50 51.1 47.9 55.1 50.9 48.5 £6.50 65.9 62.7 69.1 63.9 64.2
Part time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings excluding overtime below the following amounts: April 1992 Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Manual men £2.50 — — — 12.1 — 20.0 £3.00 — — — 29.0 — 36.7 £3.50 — — — 53.2 — 64.4 £4.00 — — — 70.2 — 75.6 £4.50 — — — 77.4 — 86.7 £5.00 — — — 80.6 — 88.9 £5.50 — — — 89.5 — 94.4 £6.50 — — — 91.9 — 97.8 Non manual men £2.50 — — — — — — £3.00 — — — — — — £3.50 — — — — — — £4.00 — — — — — — £4.50 — — — — — — £5.00 — — — — — — £5.50 — — — — — — £6.50 — — — — — — Manual women £2.50 3.2 6.1 5.0 7.7 7.1 8.2 £3.00 9.2 14.9 18.6 26.6 26.9 26.5 £3.50 18.9 37.6 47.3 59.6 58.9 60.6 £4.00 32.8 57.4 63.2 76.2 80.9 74.7 £4.50 60.7 75.9 70.9 84.9 87.4 82.7 £5.00 77.6 85.9 79.5 91.7 92.8 90.4 £5.50 86.2 91.5 82.9 95.7 95.8 93.1 £6.50 93.3 96.2 89.1 97.8 98.2 96.5 Non manual women £2.50 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.5 2.7 1.6 £3.00 3.0 4.0 6.7 6.4 8.4 6.1 £3.50 8.2 16.2 22.7 29.8 31.1 29.5 £4.00 15.9 28.7 37.9 43.9 44.6 46.6 £4.50 28.7 42.3 54.5 56.7 57.0 58.3 £5.00 41.0 54.2 67.1 66.9 66.5 70.6 £5.50 48.9 62.6 74.0 73.6 73.1 77.5 £6.50 64.0 74.3 83.5 82.7 81.6 85.3
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Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales Manual men £2.50 11.1 9.8 — — — £3.00 34.3 30.3 — — — £3.50 58.6 47.5 — — — £4.00 69.7 63.1 — — —
Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales £4.50 75.8 72.1 — — — £5.00 85.9 79.5 — — — £5.50 89.9 85.2 — — — £6.50 94.9 91.8 — — — Non manual men £2.50 — — — — — £3.00 — — — — — £3.50 — — — — — £4.00 — — — — — £4.50 — — — — — £5.00 — — — — — £5.50 — — — — — £6.50 — — — — — Manual women £2.50 5.5 6.5 5.8 6.5 — £3.00 23.9 20.7 27.1 25.2 — £3.50 49.8 51.8 65.1 58.1 — £4.00 74.7 73.1 81.4 77.6 — £4.50 84.6 83.6 87.3 87.7 — £5.00 91.7 90.0 92.8 93.6 — £5.50 95.0 94.0 94.6 95.3 — £6.50 97.5 96.9 96.2 97.4 — Non manual women £2.50 2.5 1.7 2.2 2.9 3.7 £3.00 7.6 6.1 7.7 7.2 8.6 £3.50 28.7 28.1 32.1 29.3 33.3 £4.00 45.1 40.7 44.7 38.4 47.4 £4.50 58.4 55.4 54.6 51.1 58.2 £5.00 68.7 64.9 66.1 59.3 67.0 £5.50 76.2 72.6 75.4 67.4 73.9 £6.50 84.7 81.5 85.3 77.6 82.4
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Full time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings including overtime below the following amounts: April 1992 Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Manual men £2.50 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 £3.00 1.6 1.5 1.9 2.6 2.4 2.8 £3.50 3.7 4.0 4.5 6.8 6.6 6.9 £4.00 7.6 9.2 12.8 15.7 14.1 14.7 £4.50 13.2 16.7 24.0 27.1 23.2 25.5 £5.00 21.2 26.5 37.5 39.2 33.8 36.6 £5.50 29.4 36.5 49.1 51.5 46.4 49.8 £6.50 49.9 57.3 69.6 70.0 66.5 69.1 Non Manual men £2.50 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.4 £3.00 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.9 £3.50 0.9 1.3 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 £4.00 1.7 2.9 6.2 5.6 5.9 5.9 £4.50 3.2 5.2 9.8 9.7 9.2 10.1 £5.00 5.3 8.0 14.7 14.1 14.2 14.8 £5.50 8.3 11.3 20.3 19.9 19.6 20.1 £6.50 14.8 18.7 29.5 27.9 30.0 30.8 Manual women £2.50 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.4 4.2 3.0 £3.00 6.5 8.1 12.6 14.4 15.9 15.8 £3.50 15.8 20.5 35.4 34.8 34.2 37.6 £4.00 25.8 36.8 54.5 53.8 53.4 59.5 £4.50 41.1 52.5 71.1 67.4 67.6 73.5 £5.00 56.1 66.1 82.9 80.6 79.9 83.6 £5.50 68.3 75.4 88.6 88.1 88.1 89.9 £6.00 81.7 87.6 95.9 94.5 95.6 95.8 Non Manual women £2.50 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.5 £3.00 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 £3.50 1.4 3.1 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7
Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands £4.00 3.2 6.6 16.6 16.0 18.3 17.1 £4.50 6.0 12.0 26.6 25.3 29.4 27.6 £5.00 10.2 18.8 40.4 38.1 42.9 39.4 £5.50 15.4 26.5 52.5 48.7 53.4 49.9 £6.50 28.8 41.8 66.9 62.7 66.4 64.2
Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales Manual men £2.50 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 £3.00 2.3 2.2 2.6 1.9 2.3 £3.50 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.4 7.2 £4.00 13.8 13.2 13.0 13.5 14.6 £4.50 24.1 23.3 21.6 24.2 25.2 £5.00 36.0 34.7 31.5 36.1 36.9 £5.50 48.2 46.9 43.9 49.6 49.9 £6.50 67.6 66.1 64.1 67.6 66.9 Non manual men £2.50 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 £3.00 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 £3.50 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.5 £4.00 6.9 5.4 6.9 6.5 7.1 £4.50 10.6 9.1 9.5 9.8 11.3 £5.00 16.0 14.0 13.6 14.3 15.3 £5.50 21.3 18.7 17.8 19.5 20.7 £6.50 31.2 26.9 26.7 29.0 30.9 Manual women £2.50 3.0 5.0 4.2 3.2 3.3 £3.00 16.6 16.2 17.5 16.0 14.4 £3.50 39.5 33.9 37.2 35.8 31.7 £4.00 57.5 51.2 55.2 52.6 53.7 £4.50 69.6 67.0 68.2 68.2 68.6 £5.00 80.9 78.7 78.8 79.6 79.7 £5.50 89.3 85.8 85.2 88.9 87.3 £6.50 96.2 94.4 95.6 94.7 95.7 Non manual women £2.50 0.8 0.5 1.2 0.5 0.7 £3.00 2.9 2.5 3.4 2.3 3.6 £3.50 10.3 7.6 10.0 9.4 9.2 £4.00 19.1 14.8 19.4 17.8 17.3 £4.50 30.1 25.2 30.3 28.1 28.2 £5.00 40.3 35.9 42.0 38.4 38.4 £5.50 50.6 47.0 53.6 49.8 48.1 £6.50 65.3 62.1 68.6 63.6 63.9
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Part time employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings including overtime below the following amounts: April 1992 Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Manual men £2.50 — — — 11.3 — 20.0 £3.00 — — — 28.2 — 36.7 £3.50 — — — 54.0 — 64.4 £4.00 — — — 70.2 — 75.6 £4.50 — — — 77.4 — 85.6 £5.00 — — — 80.6 — 88.9 £5.50 — — — 89.5 — 94.4 £6.50 — — — 91.1 — 98.9 Non Manual men £2.50 — — — — — — £3.00 — — — — — — £3.50 — — — — — — £4.00 — — — — — — £4.50 — — — — — — £5.00 — — — — — — £5.50 — — — — — — £6.50 — — — — — —
Greater London South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Manual women £2.50 3.4 6.0 5.0 7.5 7.0 8.2 £3.00 9.2 14.7 17.8 26.0 26.6 26.3 £3.50 18.6 37.1 46.5 59.8 58.8 59.6 £4.00 32.1 56.7 62.4 75.6 80.3 74.2 £4.50 60.6 75.9 70.9 85.6 87.3 82.4 £5.00 76.8 85.9 79.5 92.6 92.5 90.6 £5.50 86.2 91.7 83.3 95.5 95.8 93.1 £6.50 93.3 96.4 89.5 97.7 98.2 96.5 Non Manual women £2.50 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.7 1.5 £3.00 3.0 4.0 6.5 6.2 8.3 5.9 £3.50 8.1 16.0 21.9 29.8 30.9 28.1 £4.00 15.5 28.4 37.2 43.7 45.0 46.0 £4.50 28.8 42.1 54.8 56.7 56.8 58.0 £5.00 4.10 54.1 67.3 66.9 66.5 70.4 £5.50 48.7 62.6 74.0 73.9 73.2 77.7 £6.50 63.9 74.4 83.3 82.6 81.7 85.4
Yorkshire/ Humberside North West North Scotland Wales Manual men £2.50 11.1 9.0 — — — £3.00 34.3 29.5 — — — £3.50 58.6 48.4 — — — £4.00 69.7 61.5 — — — £4.50 76.8 73.0 — — — £5.00 85.9 80.3 — — — £5.50 89.9 86.1 — — — £6.50 96.0 91.8 — — — Non manual men £2.50 — — — — — £3.00 — — — — — £3.50 — — — — — £4.00 — — — — — £4.50 — — — — — £5.00 — — — — — £5.50 — — — — — £6.50 — — — — — Manual women £2.50 5.5 6.5 5.6 6.6 — £3.00 23.2 20.5 26.9 25.3 — £3.50 49.6 51.4 64.9 58.0 — £4.00 74.5 71.8 81.2 76.9 — £450 84.6 83.0 87.5 87.6 — £5.00 92.2 90.2 92.4 93.4 — £5.50 95.5 93.3 94.2 95.3 — £6.50 97.7 97.1 96.4 97.4 — Non manual women £2.50 2.5 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.7 £3.00 7.3 5.8 7.5 7.4 8.6 £3.50 28.5 27.3 31.0 28.1 32.7 £4.00 44.5 40.5 44.4 37.7 47.7 £4.50 58.2 55.5 54.9 50.5 58.4 £5.50 76.2 72.8 75.6 67.3 74.5 £6.50 84.7 81.5 85.2 77.7 82.4