asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the various wages councils; what percentage of establishments covered by each wages council was visited by a wages council inspector in the last 12 months for which records are available; and what sums of money representing underpayments were recovered for employees in each of the trades by wages council inspectors' activities in the same period.
The information is as follows:
Wages Council
| Percentage of establishments inspected
| Total arrears
| |
| £ | |||
| Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) | … | 6·6 | 25,304 |
| Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) | … | 9·6 | 1,176 |
| Flax and Hemp (Great Britain) | … | 9·1 | — |
| Fur (Great Britain) | … | 2·9 | 264 |
| General Waste Reclamation (Great Britain) | … | 3·7 | 7,171 |
| Hairdressing Undertakings (Great Britain) | … | 10·5 | 110,907 |
| Hat, Cap and Millinery (Great Britain) | … | 4·7 | 1,748 |
| Lace Finishing (Great Britain) | … | 6·5 | — |
| Laundry (Great Britain) | … | 7·9 | 8,081 |
| Linen and Cotton Goods (Great Britain) | … | 11·9 | 1,280 |
| Made-up Textiles (Great Britain) | … | 7·8 | 444 |
| Ostrich and Fancy Feather (Great Britain) | … | 7·0 | 1,087 |
| Perambulator and Invalid Carriage (Great Britain) | … | 9·8 | 7 |
| Pin, Hook and Eye (Great Britain) | … | 33·3 | 1,435 |
| Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain) | … | 5·0 | 20,961 |
| Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain) | … | 3·2 | 1,364 |
| Rope, Twine and Net (Great Britain) | … | 7·3 | 192 |
| Rubber Proofed Garment (Great Britain) | … | 8·9 | 162 |
| Sack and Bag (Great Britain) | … | 6·4 | 223 |
| Shirtmaking (Great Britain) | … | 7·9 | 7,089 |
| Toy Manufacturing (Great Britain) | … | 9·9 | 1,516 |
| Wholesale Mantle and Costume (Great Britain) | … | 8·8 | 7,326 |
| Bookselling and Stationery (Great Britain) | … | 7·6 | 20,675 |
| Drapery and Footwear, etc. (Great Britain) | … | 8·1 | 222,143 |
| Furnishing and Allied Trades, etc. (Great Britain) | … | 7·7 | 166,627 |
| Food Trades, Retails (England and Wales) | … | 6·3 | 265,524 |
| Food Trades, Retails (Scotland) | … | 10·7 | 26,976 |
| Newsagency and Confectionery (England and Wales) | … | 8·4 | 128,843 |
| Newsagency and Confectionery (Scotland) | … | 12·6 | 14,368 |
| TOTALS (EXCLUDING CATERING) | … | 7·9 | 1,095,572 |
| Licensed Non-Residential Establishment | … | 6·3 | 190,385 |
| Licensed Residential and Licensed Restaurant | … | 9·9 | 217,229 |
| Unlicensed Place of Refreshment | … | 6·5 | 74,259 |
| TOTALS (CATERING) | … | 7·2 | 481,873 |
| GRAND TOTALS | … | 7·7 | 1,577,445 |
The information is in respect of the 12 months ending December 1977.