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Mr. Wallace
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the current wages councils and the numbers of (a) workers and (b) establishments covered by each council.
Mr. Forth
The latest information available is given in the table:
Numbers of Establishments covered by wages councils in January 1990 and estimated numbers of workers covered in 1988 | ||
Wages Councils | Establishments | Workers |
Aerated Waters | 264 | 5,500 |
Boot and Shoe Repairing | 2,970 | 5,000 |
Button Manufacturing | 49 | 1,000 |
Clothing Manufacturing | 6,513 | 147,000 |
Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making | 21 | 200 |
Cotton Waste Reclamation | 25 | 300 |
Flax and Hemp | 10 | 500 |
Fur | 187 | 1,500 |
General Waste Materials Reclamation | 1,443 | 13,000 |
Wages Councils
| Establishments
| Workers
|
Hairdressing | 33,941 | 64,000 |
Hat, Cap and Millinery | 124 | 4,000 |
Lace Finishing | 62 | 900 |
Laundry | 1,067 | 26,000 |
Licensed non-Residential Establishments | 67,734 | 492,000 |
Licensed Residential Establishments and Licensed Restaurants | 34,758 | 379,000 |
Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods | 138 | 2,500 |
Made-Up Textiles | 289 | 3,000 |
Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower | 36 | 500 |
Perambulator and Invalid Carriage | 30 | 2,000 |
Retail Bespoke Tailoring | 481 | 4,000 |
Retail Food and Allied Trades | 111,029 | 465,000 |
Retail Trades (Non-Food) | 114,741 | 745,000 |
Rope Twine and Net | 91 | 2,500 |
Sack and Bag | 63 | 1,000 |
Toy Manufacturing | 218 | 11,000 |
Unlicensed Place of Refreshment | 18,897 | 96,000 |
Total | 395,181 | 2,472,400 |