To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of workers on adult rates currently earn less than (a) £2.50, (b) £3, (c) £3.50, (d) £4, (e) £4.50, (f) £5, (g) £5.50, (h) £6.50, per hour, including and excluding overtime distinguishing between manual and non-manual, male and female and part-time workers. [4944]
The information is shown in the table.
| Full time employees on adult rates, pay not affected by absence: April 1995, Wales | ||||
| Non-manual males | Manual males | |||
| Percentage with hourly earnings less than: | Including overtime | Excluding overtime | Including overtime | Excluding overtime |
| £2.50 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| £3.00 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| £3.50 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| £4.00 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 15.1 |
| £4.50 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 22.4 | 25.6 |
| £5.00 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 32.2 | 35.1 |
| £5.50 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 41.8 | 44.7 |
| £6.50 | 23.6 | 24.0 | 57.7 | 60.5 |
financial year. Beyond that, we are about to set targets for transfers in 1996–97, so the cost figures to be published in two years' time should be lower again.
There are several reasons why trusts can have different management costs, so comparison should be approached carefully, but I hope that trusts themselves will find the figures useful in their efforts to contain and reduce costs further.
Non-manual females
| Manual females
| |||
Percentage with hourly earning less than:
| Including overtime
| Excluding overtime
| Including overtime
| Excluding overtime
|
| £2.50 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| £3.00 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| £3.50 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 22.2 | 21.6 |
| £4.00 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 35.8 | 37.9 |
| £4.50 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 55.0 | 56.1 |
| £5.00 | 25.6 | 26.2 | 69.1 | 70.7 |
| £5.50 | 34.9 | 35.2 | 79.4 | 81.0 |
| £6.50 | 52.8 | 53.1 | 91.1 | 91.6 |
All part-time adults1(a)
| ||
Percentage with hourly earnings less than:
| Including overtime
| Excluding overtime
|
| £2.50 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| £3.00 | 10.5 | 10.6 |
| £3.50 | 28.7 | 28.8 |
| £4.00 | 46.2 | 46.4 |
| £4.50 | 59.4 | 60.3 |
| £5.00 | 68.8 | 68.7 |
| £5.50 | 74.3 | 74.1 |
| £6.50 | 81.6 | 81.6 |
Note:
1 The New Earnings Survey only covers those earning above the income tax threshold. As a result a significant number of part-time employees are excluded.
Source:
New Earnings Survey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of full-time workers on adult rates currently earn less than (a) £100, (b) £150, (c)£200, and (d) £250 per week, (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime. [4945]
The information requested is shown in the table.
| Full time employees on adult rates, pay not affected by absence: April 1995, Wales | ||
| Percentage with weekly earnings less than: | Excluding overtime | Including overtime |
| £100 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| £150 | 11.0 | 9.2 |
| £200 | 32.4 | 26.9 |
| £250 | 51.5 | 44.6 |
Source:
New Earnings Survey.