HC Deb 24 November 1995 vol 267 cc405-9W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) what percentage of workers on adult rates currently earn less than(a) £2.50, (b) £3, (c) £3.50, (d) £4, (e) £4.50, (f) £5, (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 part-time workers; [1462]

Hourly earnings including overtime
Non-manual Manual
Male Female Male Female
Percentage earning Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Yorkshire and Humberside
<£2.50 0.7 5.0 0.9 3.2 0.7 7.1 2.9 6.6
<£3.00 1.2 9.4 2.1 5.7 1.9 16.5 9.6 13.0
<£3.50 2.5 17.7 6.0 18.1 5.4 41.2 27.0 40.0
<£4.00 4.9 28.2 11.5 32.3 11.4 54.1 45.1 65.2
<£4.50 8.0 39.2 20.4 45.4 19.6 66.5 62.0 80.1
<£5.00 11.4 46.4 29.5 56.4 29.7 69.4 73.3 85.8
<£5.50 15.8 51.9 39.1 64.7 40.4 75.3 80.7 90.7
<£6.50 24.9 60.2 55.0 75.0 59.8 83.5 92.4 95.7
North Yorkshire
<£2.50 1.1 6.3 1.3 3.7 0.5 3.4 4.3 4.1
<£3.00 1.9 12.5 2.5 5.3 1.0 6.9 8.5 13.8
<£3.50 3.3 25.0 7.8 16.3 5.7 37.9 39.4 41.4
<£4.00 6.8 46.9 13.1 35.3 12.1 65.5 54.3 62.8
<£4.50 10.8 56.3 22.2 47.4 22.1 79.3 67.0 77.9
<£5.00 12.7 65.6 33.8 59.5 35.5 79.3 76.6 85.5
<£5.50 17.1 68.8 42.8 65.3 46.9 79.3 81.9 98.7
<£6.50 26.8 68.8 59.7 74.7 66.7 93.1 92.6 93.1
North
<£2.50 0.4 6.3 0.7 3.7 0.8 5.1 3.0 6.0
<£3.00 1.0 8.1 2.0 5.2 2.1 13.1 9.7 17.7
<£3.50 2.7 19.8 6.8 18.8 5.9 32.3 25.6 47.4
<£4.00 5.1 27.0 13.7 36.4 11.5 47.5 40.4 71.8
<£4.50 8.3 33.3 21.3 47.4 20.3 59.6 59.6 82.8

and part-time permanent positions and (b) full-time and part-time temporary positions in the West Yorkshire region, including a breakdown of occupations. [1446]

Mrs. Angela Knight

I have been asked to reply.

The estimates available from the labour force survey are shown in the table following:

(2) what percentage of full-time workers on adult rates currently earn less than (a) £100, (b) £150, (c) £200 and (d) £250 per week, including and excluding overtime, in (i) Yorkshire and Humberside, (ii) north Yorkshire, (iii) west Yorkshire, (iv) south Yorkshire, (v) Humberside, (vi) the north of England and (vii) the United Kingdom. [1458]

Mrs. Angela Knight

I have been asked to reply.

Information available from the new earnings survey is provided in the tables.

Hourly earnings including overtime
Non-manual Manual
Male Female Male Female
Percentage earning Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
<£5.00 11.3 45.0 29.2 56.3 29.3 70.7 70.2 88.6
<£5.50 15.4 49.5 40.1 63.1 38.2 76.8 79.0 92.2
<£6.50 24.3 55.0 55.3 76.1 56.6 82.8 89.4 96.3
Great Britain
<£2.50 0.5 5.6 0.6 3.4 0.7 8.0 2.9 6.1
<£3.00 0.9 8.9 1.4 5.2 1.8 15.3 8.5 13.6
<£3.50 1.9 17.8 3.9 15.1 4.9 38.0 22.5 38.9
<£4.00 3.7 27.8 8.4 29.0 10.4 53.4 39.0 61.8
<£4.50 6.2 36.6 14.4 40.7 18.1 64.7 55.0 76.3
<£5.00 9.2 44.1 21.6 50.9 27.7 91.9 67.1 83.6
<£5.50 12.7 49.1 29.9 59.7 37.9 79.1 76.9 89.2
<£6.50 20.5 56.6 45.5 72.0 57.4 85.8 89.0 94.8
Hourly earnings excluding overtime
Non-manual Manual
Male Female Male Female
Percentage earning Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Yorkshire and Humberside
<£2.50 0.7 5.0 0.9 3.3 0.8 7.1 2.9 6.6
<£3.00 1.3 9.4 2.1 5.9 2.2 17.1 10.2 13.2
<£3.50 2.7 17.7 6.1 18.7 6.1 41.2 28.7 40.3
<£4.00 5.2 28.2 11.6 32.5 13.5 56.5 46.8 65.7
<£4.50 8.5 38.7 20.8 46.1 23.3 67.6 63.7 80.8
<£5.00 12.1 45.3 30.1 56.7 33.4 70.6 73.9 86.4
<£5.50 16.5 51.4 39.6 65.2 43.9 75.3 82.2 90.9
<£6.50 25.8 59.1 55.4 74.8 63.8 82.9 93.4 95.8
North Yorkshire
<£2.50 1.1 6.3 1.3 3.7 1.0 3.4 4.3 4.1
<£3.00 2.2 12.5 2.5 5.8 1.9 6.9 8.5 14.5
<£3.50 3.3 25.0 8.1 16.8 6.9 37.9 39.4 42.1
<£4.00 7.3 46.9 13.4 35.8 15.0 65.5 57.4 62.8
<£4.50 11.7 56.3 22.5 49.5 28.6 79.3 68.1 77.2
<£5.00 13.6 62.5 34.1 59.5 40.5 82.8 76.6 85.5
<£5.50 17.3 65.6 43.1 65.3 50.7 82.8 85.1 89.0
<£6.50 27.1 65.6 60.3 74.7 69.3 93.1 93.6 93.1
North
<£2.50 0.4 6.3 0.7 3.8 0.9 5.1 3.0 6.3
<£3.00 1.1 9.0 2.0 5.4 2.3 13.1 10.4 17.5
<£3.50 2.7 20.7 7.1 19.2 6.6 34.3 26.6 47.6
<£4.00 5.1 27.0 14.1 37.6 13.7 48.5 42.3 72.2
<£4.50 8.7 34.2 21.9 48.6 22.7 61.6 61.4 84.5
<£5.00 11.8 45.0 30.0 56.8 31.6 68.7 72.5 89.6
<£5.50 16.1 49.5 40.9 63.7 41.2 76.8 79.9 92.5
<£6.50 24.7 54.1 55.9 76.4 59.5 82.8 91.0 96.1
Great Britain
<£2.50 0.5 5.8 0.7 3.4 0.8 8.1 3.0 6.2
<£3.00 1.0 9.3 1.4 5.4 2.0 15.4 8.9 13.8
<£3.50 2.0 18.2 4.0 15.4 5.5 38.3 23.6 39.5
<£4.00 4.0 28.5 8.6 29.5 11.9 54.0 40.7 62.2
<£4.50 6.6 36.8 14.7 41.1 21.0 65.2 57.1 77.0
<£5.00 9.6 43.6 22.0 51.1 30.9 71.7 68.8 83.9
<£5.50 13.2 49.0 30.4 59.9 41.2 79.3 78.0 89.2
<£6.50 21.1 56.6 45.9 72.0 60.7 85.6 89.7 94.6
Gross weekly earnings including overtime
Yorkshire and Humberside North Yorkshire West Yorkshire South Yorkshire Humberside North of England Great Britain
<£100 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.1 0.9
<£150 9.4 12.2 8.4 9.7 9.6 10.3 7.4
<£200 26.2 29.8 25.3 27.0 24.8 27.8 21.7
<£250 43.5 47.6 43.3 43.4 41.2 45.2 38.3
Gross weekly earnings excluding overtime
Yorkshire and Humberside North Yorkshire West Yorkshire South Yorkshire Humberside North of England Great Britain
<£100 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.0
<£150 11.3 14.0 10.3 11.3 12.1 12.2 8.8
<£200 32.1 36.1 30.9 32.1 32.0 32.7 26.4
<£250 51.7 56.0 51.1 51.4 50.7 52.0 45.0

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