HC Deb 23 March 1995 vol 257 cc287-90W
Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of full-time employees on adult rates in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) Merseyside, (c) Cheshire, (d) Lancashire and (e) the north-west region whose weekly earnings excluding overtime were (i) less than £220 and (ii) less than £200 broken down by the categories (1) manual males, (2) non-manual males, (3) all full-time males, (4) manual females, (5) non-manual females and (6) full-time females giving total numbers of employees in the sample in each case; and what is the number of part-time employees on adult rates in (a) to (e) whose hourly earnings excluding overtime, were (iii) less than £6 and (iv) less than £5.50, broken down by the categories, (7) manual females, (8) non-manual females, (9) all part-time females, (10) manual males, (11) non-manual males and (12) all part-time males, giving total number of employees in the sample in each case.

Mr. Oppenheim

Information from the 1994 new earnings survey is provided in the following tables:

Full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was not

affected by absence for the survey pay period Number in sample

with gross weekly earnings, excluding overtime, below the

following amounts: April 1994

Number and percentage of full-time employees with gross weekly earnings less than:
£220 £200
Manual men
Greater Manchester 766 51.4 552 37.1
Merseyside 267 40.0 193 28.9
Cheshire 268 40.4 207 31.2
Lancashire 396 49.0 296 36.6
North West Region 1,697 46.8 1,248 34.4
Non-manual men
Greater Manchester 330 19.0 260 15.0
Merseyside 154 20.5 117 15.6
Cheshire 83 11.9 63 9.0
Lancashire 173 20.9 137 16.5
North West Region 740 18.4 577 14.4
All men
Greater Manchester 1,096 34.0 812 25.2
Merseyside 421 29.6 310 21.8
Cheshire 351 25.8 270 19.8
Lancashire 569 34.8 433 26.5
North West Region 2,437 31.9 1,825 23.9
Manual women
Greater Manchester 291 86.6 265 78.9
Merseyside 106 88.3 97 80.8
Cheshire 103 75.7 88 64.7
Lancashire 162 88.5 154 84.2
North West Region 662 85.4 604 77.9
Non-manual women
Greater Manchester 734 48.3 573 37.7
Merseyside 387 49.8 296 38.1
Cheshire 274 49.2 211 37.9
Lancashire 393 54.2 316 43.6
North West Region 1,788 49.9 1,396 39.0

Full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was not

affected by absence for the survey pay period Number in sample

with gross weekly earnings, excluding overtime, below the

following amounts: April 1994

Number and percentage of full-time employees with gross weekly earnings less than:
£220 £200
All women
Greater Manchester 1,025 55.2 838 45.1
Merseyside 493 55.0 393 43.8
Cheshire 377 54.4 299 43.1
Lancashire 555 61.1 470 51.8
North West Region 2,450 56.3 2,000 45.9

Part-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was not

affected by absence for the survey pay period Number in sample

with gross hourly earnings, excluding overtime, below the

following amounts: April 1994

Number and percentage of part-time employees with gross hourly earnings less than:
£6.00 £5.50
Manual men
Greater Manchester n/a n/a n/a n/a
Merseyside n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cheshire n/a n/a n/a n/a
Lancashire n/a n/a n/a n/a
North West Region 109 83.8 104 80.0
Non-manual men
Greater Manchester n/a n/a n/a n/a
Merseyside n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cheshire n/a n/a n/a n/a
Lancashire n/a n/a n/a n/a
North West Region 78 57.4 76 55.9
All men
Greater Manchester 76 69.1 75 68.2
Merseyside n/a n/a n/a n/a
Cheshire n/a n/a n/a n/a
Lancashire n/a n/a n/a n/a
North West Region 187 70.3 180 67.7
Manual women
Greater Manchester 314 94.9 306 92.4
Merseyside 246 96.5 239 93.7
Cheshire 113 89.0 110 86.6
Lancashire 149 95.5 143 91.7
North West Region 822 94.6 798 91.8
Non-manual women
Greater Manchester 438 73.7 410 69.0
Merseyside 245 71.4 223 65.0
Cheshire 197 75.8 182 70.0
Lancashire 228 70.6 204 63.2
North West Region 1,108 72.9 1,019 67.0

Part-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was not

affected by absence for the survey pay period Number in sample

with gross hourly earnings, excluding overtime, below the

following amounts: April 1994

Number and percentage of part-time employees with gross hourly earnings less than:
£6.00 £5.50
All women
Greater Manchester 752 81.3 716 77.4
Merseyside 491 82.1 462 77.3
Cheshire 310 80.1 292 75.5
Lancashire 377 78.7 347 72.4
North West Region 1,930 80.8 1,817 76.1