§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportions of full-time workers in(a) Britain, (b) Scotland and (c) each local authority area in Scotland have hourly gross earnings (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime, below (1) £7.15, (2) £6.58, (3)£4.94 and (4)£3.60 for the categories (A) male manual, (B) male non-manual, (C) all male, (D) female manual, (E) female non-manual, (F) all female, (G) all manual and (H) all non-manual; and what the figure is for all workers. [146240]
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§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Alasdair Morgan, dated 24 January 2001:
As National Statistician. I have been asked to reply to your recent question on hourly earnings for workers in Britain, Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland (146240).The best estimates for the number and proportion of jobs paid below low hourly rate thresholds are provided by combining data from the New Earnings Survey (NES) and Labour Force Survey (LFS). The following estimates on this basis are available:All jobs paid at below (1) £3.60, (2) £4.90, (3) £6.60 and (4) £7.00 in UKAll jobs held by men/women paid at below £3.60 in UK.For Scotland and areas within Scotland no information consistent with these estimates is available.The estimates are posted on the National Statistics website at: www.statistics.gov.uk/themes/labour_market/nmw_lowpay_tables.asp.