§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how many(a) men and (b) women working (i) part-time and (ii) full-time in (1) Tamworth and (2) Staffordshire earn less than (x) £3 per hour, (y) £3.60 per hour and (z) £4 per hour; and, in each case, what is the percentage of the total number employed.[45534]
§ 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 John Kidgell to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated June 1998:
In the absence of the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on earnings in Tamworth and Staffordshire.I can give estimates of the percentage of employees in Tamworth and Staffordshire earning less than the hourly rates you mention, but not the number.The latest information, from the New Earnings Survey 1997, is contained in the attached table.
Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey pay-period was unaffected by absence—New Earnings Survey—April 1997 Percentage of employees with hourly earnings (excluding overtime) less than: £3.00 £3.60 £4.00 Tamworth1 Full-time men 0.0 3.1 6.2 Part-time men 2— 2— 2— Full-time women 0.0 0.0 9.6 Part-time women 5.7 34.3 45.7 All employees 1.1 7.9 15.3 Staffordshire Full-time men 0.8 2.7 5.2 Part-time men 4.2 29.2 41.7 Full-time women 2.7 9.0 14.9 Part-time women 5.4 21.9 35.9 All employees 2.3 8.9 14.8 1Parliamentary constituency 2 Estimate which is unavailable because the sample size is too small