§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the average weekly earnings gross pay, (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime for full-time workers in(a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain for (1) manual, (2) non-manual and (3) all workers; [50177]
(2) if he will list the percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain earning gross pay, both including and excluding overtime, less than (i) £249.97, (ii) £233.13 and (iii) £174.85 per week for the categories (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers; [50176]
(3) if he will list the proportion of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain with hourly earnings, gross pay, both including and excluding overtime, below (i) £6.61, (ii) £6.15, (iii) £4.61 and (iv) £3.60 for the categories (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers. [50175]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Michael Moore, dated 14 July 1998:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary questions (50175, 50176 and 50177) on earnings.The latest information, from the New Earnings Survey April 1997, is contained in the attached tables. These tables are voluminous and copies of them are being placed in the Library of the House rather than reproduced in Hansard.