Minimum Wage Lynne Featherstone To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in each (a) London borough and (b) Government region earn no more than the minimum wage; and what percentage of the working population each figure represents. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 November 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking how many people in each (a) London borough and (b) Government region earn no more than the minimum wage; and what percentage of the working population each figure represents. (165198) Estimates for the number of jobs which earn no more than the national minimum wage are not available. I attach a table showing the number of jobs earning less than the national minimum wage by available Government Office Region. Estimates for each London borough are not available. A guide to measuring low pay and associated articles can be found on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=5837 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Office Region |Thousand|Percentage| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |16 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West (including Merseyside) |32 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorks and Humber |24 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |25 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |26 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Eastern |27 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |23 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |32 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |25 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |17 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scotland |30 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland |15 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All |292 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Estimates are for those aged 16 and over. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics| | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Waterson To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Eastbourne, (b) East Sussex and (c) England earn no more than the minimum wage; and what percentage of the relevant population in work each figure represents. Angela Eagle The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 November 2007: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people in (a) Eastbourne, (b) East Sussex and (c) England earn the minimum wage; and what percentage of the relevant population in work each figure represents. (165318) Estimates for the number of jobs paid at the national minimum wage are not available. However, estimates for the number of jobs paid below the national minimum wage are available for Government Office Regions but not at local authority level. I attach a table showing the number of jobs earning less than the national minimum wage for each of the Government Office Regions in England along with the total. A guide to measuring low pay and associated articles can be found on the National Statistics web site at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vInk=5837 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government office region |Number (Thousand)|Percentage| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East |16 |2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West (including Merseyside) |32 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber |24 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands |25 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |26 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Eastern |27 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London |23 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East |32 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West |25 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |230 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Estimates are for those aged 16 and over. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.| | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------