§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 18 January,Official Report, column 548, what is the sectoral breakdown of his estimate of jobs lost as a result of a statutory minimum wage.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThere is no sectoral breakdown of that estimate. In order to calculate such a figure, reliable information is needed about the relationship between pay and employment. Information on this relationship is available for the whole economy, but not for individual industries.