HL Deb 28 July 1993 vol 548 c131WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What has been the rate of change in the remuneration of:

  1. (a) the top 10 per cent. of earners (i) inclusive and (ii) exclusive of benefits (such as company cars, expense accounts, golden handshakes, compensation for loss of office etc.), and
  2. (b) the bottom 10 per cent. of earners (i) inclusive and (ii) exclusive of compensation for loss of office in the last 14 years.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Employment (Viscount Ullswater)

The information available on the increase in the levels of the upper and lower deciles of gross weekly earnings of full-time employees is contained in the following table. The 1993New Earnings Survey will be published in September 1993. Information on the upper and lower deciles including benefits is not available.

Full-time employees—pay unaffected by absence Percentage increase in gross weekly earnings, 1979–1992: At April
Men Women
Lower decile percentage Upper decile percentage Lower decile percentage Upper decile percentage
175 269 218 318
Source: New Earnings Survey.