To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) males and (b) females were working part-time in Great Britain in April 1992; and what proportion of these workers earned between (a) £5·20 and £5·50 per hour, (b) £5·50 and £5·60 per hour, (c) £3·90 and £4 per hour and (d) £3·20 and £3·30 per hour.
Estimates of the numbers of employees in employment at March 1992 in Great Britain were 1,048,000 part-time men and 4,709,000 part-time women.The corresponding information for the distributions of hourly earnings can be found in the table.
| Staff in post as at 30 September (whole-time equivalents) | Percentage change | |||||||
| 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 19921 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–921 | ||
| Learner nurses: | ||||||||
| NA21 | Pupil nurse | 288 | 176 | 137 | 74 | -38·3 | -22·2 | -46·0- |
| NA31 | Student nurse | 2,830 | 2,891 | 2,774 | 1,872 | 2·2 | -4·1 | -32·5 |
| NA41 | RGN/RSCN | — | 8 | 23 | 23 | n/a | 193·7 | 1·3 |
| Project 2000 student bursaries: | ||||||||
| NB21 | Under 26 years | — | — | — | 62 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Part lime employees on adult rates—pay unaffected by absence Proportion with gross hourly earnings between the following amounts April 1992
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Males Per cent.
| Females Per cent.
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| £3·20 to £3·30 | 3·2 | 3·9 |
| £3·90 to £4·00 | 3·7 | 3·0 |
| £5·20 to £5·50 | 2·6 | 3·6 |
| £5·50 to £5·60 | 1·0 | 1·0 |
Source: New Earnings Survey.