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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many part-time women workers there were at the latest convenient date, and what percentage of these earned (a) under £1 an hour, (b) between £1 and £1·50 an hour and (c) over £1·50 an hour; and if he will give similar figures for part-time male workers ;(2) how many part-time women workers are not included in Government statistics because their weekly pay is too low; and if he will give similar estimates for part-time male workers.
Mr. Jim Lester
[pursuant to his reply, 13 June 1980, c. 250]: It is estimated from the census of employment that there were 681,000 part-time male workers and 3,617,000 part-time female workers in June 1977 in Great Britain.
| (Thousands) | ||||||
| December 1978 | December 1979 | Change | ||||
| South East | … | … | … | 7,345 | 7,330 | −15 |
| East Anglia | … | … | … | 683 | 693 | +10 |
| SouthWest | … | … | … | 1,545 | 1,560 | +15 |
| West Midlands | … | … | … | 2,234 | 2,216 | −18 |
| East Midlands | … | … | … | 1,535 | 1,536 | +1 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | … | … | … | 1,993 | 1,984 | −9 |
| North West | … | … | … | 2,675 | 2,642 | −33 |
| North | … | … | … | 1,264 | 1,259 | −5 |
| Wales | … | … | … | 1,002 | 1,002 | — |