To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the proportion of female part-time workers in Great Britain in April 1990 whose hourly earnings exclusive of overtime fell below (a) £3·10, (b) £3·40, (c) £4·00, (d) £4·60 and (e) £4·75.
The estimated percentages of part-time adult female employees earning below specified amounts in the new earnings survey sample in April 1990 were:
| Hourly earnings excluding overtime less than: | Percentage |
| £3·00 | 36 |
| £3·20 | 44 |
| £3·40 | 52 |
| £4·00 | 69 |
| £4·50 | 78 |
| £5·00 | 83 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of male part-time
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| Region | ET | Residual AT | YTS | BGT | SFS | EAS | BEP (Outside ET) | WRFE | TVEI | Total |
| South East | 31·21 | 1·65 | 74·55 | 1·56 | 0·41 | 12·55 | 0·45 | 19·22 | 26·57 | 168·17 |
| London | 46·11 | 3·54 | 38·78 | 1·80 | 0·20 | 14·82 | 1·06 | 14·28 | 12·27 | 132·86 |
| South West | 25·60 | 1·42 | 59·39 | 0·87 | 0·27 | 12·32 | 0·34 | 9·66 | 8·19 | 118·06 |
| West Midlands | 43·23 | 1·86 | 87·65 | 1·32 | 0·25 | 12·52 | 0·35 | 11·49 | 13·06 | 171·73 |
| East Midlands | 33·08 | 1·66 | 91·14 | 0·98 | 0·36 | 12·81 | 0·33 | 12·40 | 12·17 | 164·93 |
| Yorks and Humberside | 50·97 | 2·20 | 87·11 | 1·03 | 0·29 | 12·69 | 0·34 | 9·68 | 9·99 | 174·30 |
| North West | 56·11 | 3·65 | 120·94 | 1·70 | 0·52 | 19·75 | 0·83 | 15·38 | 13·80 | 232·68 |
| Northern | 42·10 | 1·31 | 69·44 | 1·01 | 0·21 | 7·72 | 0·24 | 4·51 | 9·07 | 135·61 |
| Wales | 32·74 | 1·75 | 50·75 | 0·47 | — | 8·95 | 0·20 | 5·31 | 7·50 | 107·67 |
| Scotland | 60·70 | 3·24 | 102·69 | 0·91 | — | 10·97 | 0·33 | — | 11·54 | 190·38 |
| TNPU | 109·30 | — | 181·34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 290·64 |
| RTC | 7·37 | 1·75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9·12 |
| GB | 538·52 | 24·03 | 963·78 | 11·65 | 2·51 | 125·10 | 4·47 | 101·93 | 124·16 | 1,896·15 |
Notes:
1. Expenditure excludes training allowances and other costs administered centrally.
2. The TECs and National Provider's Unit (TNPU) is based centrally and holds contracts for major companies who provide training throughout Great Britain.
3. Figures given for residual AT include Voluntary Projects Programme (VPP), Community Programme (CP) and New JTS.
4. Figures quoted are as at end March 1990 and some minor adjustments may have been made when the end year definite statistics were produced.
5. London is Greater London.