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Mr. Nicholas Brown
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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 limits and the upper earnings limit, in Great Britain.
Mr. Jack
Figures are not available for each region in England. Such information as is available is in the table.
| Numbers of people earning:1 | |||
| Less than the Lower Earnings Limit million | Between the Lower and Upper Earnings Limit million | Above the Upper Earnings Limit million | |
| England | |||
| Men | 0·7 | 7·0 | 2·3 |
| Women | 2·0 | 6·6 | 0·4 |
| Wales | |||
| Men | Negligible1 | 0·4 | 0·1 |
| Women | 0·1 | 0·3 | Negligible1 |
| Scotland | |||
| Men | 0·1 | 0·8 | 0·2 |
| Women | 0·2 | 0·7 | Negligible1 |
| Great Britain | |||
| Men | 0·8 | 8·2 | 2·6 |
| Women | 2·3 | 7·6 | 0·4 |
| 1 Figures shown in the table have been rounded. | |||