§ Mr. HainTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will show the number and proportion of manual, non-manual, and all part-time employees on adult rates earning less than(a) £4.42, (b) £5.89 and (c) £6.31 per hour excluding overtime payments for (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) both sexes by standard economic region for Great Britain as a whole and for (1) each county and unitary authority in England, (2) each unitary authority in Wales, (3) each London borough and Greater London as a whole,(4) each unitary authority in Scotland, (5) Great Britain as a whole and (6) England as a whole for April 1996; [518]
(2) if he will show the number of and proportion of manual, non-manual and all full-time employees on adult rates earning less than(a) £167.45, (b) 223.27 and£(c) £239.16 per week excluding overtime payments for (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) both sexes by standard economic region for Great Britain as a whole and for each county and unitary authority in England, each unitary authority in Wales, (3) each London 226W borough and Greater London as a whole, (4) each unitary authority in Scotland, (5) Great Britain as a whole and (6) England as a whole for April 1996. [517]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answers 30 October 19961: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from M. P. G. Pepper to Mr Peter Hain dated 13 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked the Director of the Office for National Statistics to reply to your recent questions asking for various figures on the number of and proportion of manual, non-manual part-time and full-time employees on adult rates of pay per hour and per week.The director has asked me to respond in his absence.The latest information from the New Earnings Survey, April 1996, is contained in the enclosed tables. I will also arrange for a copy of this letter and the tables to be placed in the House of Commons Library.