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Earnings

Volume 204: debated on Thursday 27 February 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) men and (b) women in each region earn (i) above and (ii) below the national insurance lower earnings limit; and how many are between the lower earnings limit and the upper earnings limit, in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland is regarded as a single region for national insurance purposes. The information requested is as follows. The figures refer to the latest estimates for the current year.

MenWomen
Number of people who earn above lower earnings limit245,000185,000
Number of people who earn below lower earnings limit25,00065,000
Number of people who earn between upper lower earnings limit200,000180,000