To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will update the breakdown, by wages inspectorate division, of the information given in his answer of 1 March 1989, Official Report, columns 199-201, regarding the establishments underpaying and prosecutions for underpayment of wages council rates.
The information requested is given in the following tables:
Table B: Establishments found to be underpaying 1979–85
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Division
| 1979
| 1980
| 1981
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
|
| London (East) | 431 | 495 | 440 | 391 | 441 | 324 | 298 |
| London (West) | 249 | 259 | 270 | 294 | 339 | 354 | 357 |
| South East | 521 | 769 | 749 | 764 | 871 | 703 | 670 |
| Southern | 585 | 576 | 450 | 441 | 494 | 475 | 556 |
| Eastern | 685 | 941 | 848 | 726 | 727 | 914 | 688 |
| South West | 1,010 | 1,201 | 1,070 | 954 | 1,078 | 1,033 | 929 |
| Midlands (East) | 634 | 771 | 623 | 532 | 573 | 534 | 430 |
| Midlands (West) | 605 | 674 | 598 | 666 | 543 | 552 | 712 |
| North West (East) | 946 | 879 | 613 | 648 | 704 | 560 | 529 |
| North West (West) | 1,115 | 1,060 | 688 | 652 | 865 | 886 | 804 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 1,156 | 1,119 | 871 | 964 | 941 | 1,026 | 818 |
| Northern | 893 | 902 | 736 | 552 | 630 | 721 | 815 |
| Scotland (East) | 710 | 687 | 529 | 515 | 525 | 480 | 488 |
| Scotland (West) | 597 | 750 | 556 | 349 | 389 | 365 | 361 |
| Wales | 832 | 1,071 | 1,033 | 821 | 722 | 534 | 609 |
| Totals | 10,969 | 12,154 | 10,074 | 9,269 | 9,842 | 9,461 | 9,064 |
Table C
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Establishments found to be underpaying 1986–89
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Division
| 1986
| 1987
| 1988
| 1989
|
| London | 608 | 270 | 317 | 229 |
| South East | 646 | 503 | 537 | 478 |
| Eastern | 974 | 405 | 462 | 432 |
| South West | 832 | 961 | 1,156 | 960 |
| Midlands | 943 | 525 | 747 | 822 |
| North West | 1,397 | 541 | 869 | 1,104 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 805 | 511 | 631 | 569 |
| Northern | 844 | 404 | 369 | 387 |
| Scotland | 656 | 323 | 509 | 547 |
| Wales | 500 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 8,205 | 4,443 | 5,597 | 5,528 |
Note: The statistics of underpayments have been separated into two tables because the divisional boundaries were changed in 1986.