HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 cc547-8W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) males and (b) females in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in (1) North Yorkshire and (2) Yorkshire and Humberside earn less than £3.40 an hour. [38938]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 23 July 1996]: Information available from the new earnings survey is provided in the table.

Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey pay-period was unaffected by absence
Average gross hourly pay (excluding overtime)
Percentage of employees earning less than £3.40 per hour
North Yorkshire Yorkshire and Humberside
Males
Full-time 4.4 3.7
Part-time 27.9 27.1
Females
Full-time 12.6 9.4
Part-time 25.4 22.4

Mr. Bayley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of people aged under 25 years are(a) in full-time employment, (b) in part-time employment, (c) in full-time education and (d) on Government-supported training schemes in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each year since 1991. [38937]

Mrs. Knight

[holding answer 23 July 1996]: Available information is for England and Yorkshire and Humberside. This is provided in the table.

Persons aged under 25: at spring
(Thousand)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Full-time employment1
England 3,170 2,738 2,471 2,319 2,257
Yorkshire and Humberside 346 283 269 235 233
Part-time employment1
England 732 769 778 842 853
Yorkshire and Humberside 69 86 81 89 87
Full-time education
England 1,427 1,635 1,617 1,779 1,843
Yorkshire and Humberside 145 167 162 184 194
Government-supported training and employment programmes
England 231 196 188 174 144
Yorkshire and Humberside 28 27 27 23 21

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

Note:

1 Excludes government-supported training and employment programmes.

Persons aged under 25: at spring
(Per cent.)
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Full-time employment1
England 20 17 16 15 15
Yorkshire and Humberside 21 17 16 14 14
Part-time employment1
England 5 5 5 5 5
Yorkshire and Humberside 4 5 5 5 5
Full-time education
England 9 10 10 11 12
Yorkshire and Humberside 9 10 10 11 12
Government-supported training and employment programmes
England 1 1 1 1 1
Yorkshire and Humberside 2 2 2 1 1

Source:

Labour Force Survey.

Note:

1 Excludes government-supported training and employment programmes.