HC Deb 29 November 2000 vol 357 cc598-9W
Mr. Edwards

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will provide a breakdown of the £2 million recovered by the Inland Revenue in underpaid minimum wages by(a) occupation, (b) industry, (c) gender, (d) ethnicity and (e) region. [140256]

Mr. Alan Johnson

The table gives a breakdown of the total arrears of wages (now almost £3 million) identified to end October 2000 by industry sector (from April 2000) and by region (from April 1999). There is no breakdown available by gender or ethnicity. The regions shown correspond to the Inland Revenue regional structure.

£
East London Northern Ireland North North West Scotland South East South West South Yorkshire West Midlands and Wales Total
Hospitality 9,264 23,380 17,855 10,480 82,629 9,164 10,635 16,097 9,044 31,457 220,005
Hairdressing 10,950 7,990 14,221 12,275 23,272 19,128 3,863 1,877 10,221 22,232 126,029
Security/Cleaning 204 750 6,749 13,144 6,116 3,231 3,327 0 7,473 126 41,120
Social Care 1,691 104 4,966 4,170 14,072 1,829 21,800 5,342 7,606 7,185 68,765
Production/Construction 5,770 11,879 35,415 19,925 42,876 5,949 153,169 9,038 12,336 23,295 319,652
Market Service 9,220 10,075 3,069 96,680 9,916 2,819 4,087 17,450 15,057 74,888 243,261
Public Service 0 0 0 0 13,889 1,453 0 0 0 8,372 23,714
Other Services 36,172 26,192 37,190 5,516 1,772 14,299 116,843 21,154 24,591 13,273 307,002
Total 84,144 94,046 155,016 179,425 20,886 78,165 320,050 83,373 134,782 238,556 1,588,443

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