To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list for part-time women workers (a) average gross weekly earnings, (b) average weekly hours total and overtime and (c) average gross hourly earnings for (i) manual, (ii) non-manual and (iii) all part-time women workers in (1) Great Britain, (2) Scotland and (3) each region in Scotland.
In September 1991, the latest date for which information is available, 9 per cent. of male employees were working part time in Great Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will estimate the percentage of all women part-time workers in Great Britain earning less than (a) £2.50 per hour, (b) £3 per hour. (c) £3.60 per hour, (d) £4 per hour, (e) £4.50 per hour and (f) £5 per hour;(2) if he will estimate the percentage of part-time non-manual workers in Great Britain earning less than
(a) £2.50 per hour, (b) £3 per hour, (c) £3.60 per hour, (d) £4 per hour, (e) £4.50 per hour and (f) £5 per hour;
(3) if he will estimate the percentage of women part-time manual workers in Great Britain earning less than (a) £2.50 per hour, (b) £3 per hour, (c) £3.60 per hour, (d) £4 per hour, (e) £4.50 per hour and (f) £5 per hour.
The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey closest to that requested is given in the table.
[holding answer 24 January 1992]: The information available from the 1991 new earnings survey is given in the tables.
| Average gross weekly and hourly earnings and hours of part time manual women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence | ||||
| Average gross | April 1991 Average gross | |||
| Weekly earnings (£) | Hourly earnings (£) | Total hours | Overtime hours | |
| Borders | 1— | — | — | — |
| Central | — | — | — | — |
| Dumfries/Galloway | — | — | — | — |
| Fife | — | 3·30 | 18·5 | 0·6 |
| Grampian | — | 3·35 | 17·6 | 0·8 |
| Highland | — | — | — | — |
| Lothian | 67·8 | 3·65 | 18·9 | 0·9 |
| Strathclyde | 70·1 | 3·48 | 20·7 | 0·9 |
| Tayside | — | 3·37 | 17·4 | 0·9 |
| Islands | — | — | — | — |
| Highlands/Islands | — | — | — | — |
| Scotland | 66·3 | 3·44 | 19·4 | 0·8 |
| Great Britain | 67·6 | 3·51 | 19·7 | 1·0 |
Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 "—" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimates.
Note: It is estimated that around one fifth of part-time women employees were not covered by the NES because their gross weekly earnings were below the PAYE threshold.
Average gross weekly and hourly earnings and hours of part time non-manual women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence
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Average gross
| April 1991 Average gross
| |||
Weekly earnings (£)
| Hourly earnings (£)
| Total hours
| Overtime hours
| |
| Borders | 1— | — | — | — |
| Central | — | — | — | — |
| Dumfries/Galloway | — | — | — | — |
| Fife | — | — | — | — |
| Grampian | — | — | — | — |
| Highland | — | — | — | — |
| Lothian | 107·5 | — | — | — |
| Strathclyde | 100·6 | 5·02 | 20·5 | 1·0 |
| Tayside | — | — | — | — |
| Islands | — | — | — | — |
| Highlands/Islands | — | — | — | — |
| Scotland | 100·9 | 5·01 | 20·3 | 1·0 |
| Great Britain | 95·0 | 4·93 | 19·5 | 0·9 |
Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 "—" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimates.
Note: It is estimated that around one fifth of part-time women employees were not covered by the NES because their gross weekly earnings were below the PAYE threshold.
Average gross weekly and hourly earnings and hours of all part time women on adult rates whose pay was unaffected by absence
| ||||
Average gross
| April 1991 Average gross
| |||
Weekly earnings (£)
| Hourly earnings (£)
| Total hours
| Overtime hours
| |
| Borders | 1— | — | — | — |
| Central | — | — | — | — |
| Dumfries/Galloway | — | — | — | — |
| Fife | — | 4·02 | 19·4 | 1·1 |
| Grampian | 81·1 | 4·30 | 18·7 | 0·9 |
| Highland | — | — | — | — |
| Lothian | 90·4 | 4·47 | 20·1 | 1·1 |
| Strathclyde | 88·5 | 4·39 | 20·6 | 1·0 |
| Tayside | 76·9 | 4·06 | 18·5 | 0·9 |
| Islands | — | — | — | — |
| Highlands/Islands | — | — | — | — |
| Scotland | 86·1 | 4·36 | 19·9 | 0·9 |
| Great Britain | 84·9 | 4·41 | 19·6 | 1·0 |
Number of farmers and farmworkers in June 1991
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Whole-time
| Part-time
| All workers
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County
| Principal farmers
| Other partners
| Total
| Principal farmers
| Other partners
| Total
| Total farmers and directors
| Male
| Female
| Total1
| Salaried managers
|
| Clwyd | 2,403 | 616 | 3,019 | 791 | 423 | 1,214 | 4,233 | 2,192 | 461 | 2,653 | 55 |
| Dyfed | 6,915 | 1,408 | 8,323 | 2,383 | 905 | 3,288 | 11,611 | 4,812 | 1,546 | 6,358 | 51 |
| Gwent | 1,275 | 241 | 1,516 | 527 | 234 | 761 | 2,277 | 1,135 | 318 | 1,453 | 31 |
| Gwynedd | 2,827 | 525 | 3,352 | 1,100 | 388 | 1,488 | 4,840 | 1,902 | 332 | 2,234 | 45 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 550 | 116 | 666 | 236 | 95 | 331 | 997 | 512 | 123 | 635 | 10 |
| Powys | 3,766 | 973 | 4,739 | 1,045 | 558 | 1,603 | 6,342 | 2,975 | 454 | 3,429 | 41 |
| South Glamorgan | 290 | 75 | 365 | 112 | 64 | 176 | 541 | 450 | 132 | 582 | 21 |
| West Glamorgan | 483 | 106 | 589 | 224 | 96 | 320 | 909 | 479 | 147 | 626 | 10 |
| Wales | 18,509 | 4,060 | 22,569 | 6,418 | 2,763 | 9,181 | 31,750 | 14,457 | 3,513 | 17,970 | 264 |
1 Excluding salaried managers. | |||||||||||
Source: June Agricultural Census 1991.
Note: Figures exclude minor holdings not included in the June Census.
Source: New Earnings Survey.
1 "—" denotes sampling error too large or sample size too small for reliable estimates.
Note: It is estimated that around one fifth of part-time women employees were not covered by the NES because their gross weekly earnings were below the PAYE threshold.