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Incomes

Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) 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 and (h) £6.50, per hour including and excluding overtime, in (i) Yorkshire and Humberside, (ii) north Yorkshire, (iii) the north and (iv) the United Kingdom, distinguishing between manual and non-manual, male and female and part-time workers; [1462]

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(2) what percentage of full-time workers on adult rates currently earn less than (a) £100, (b) £150, (c) £200 and (d) £250 per week, including and excluding overtime, in (i) Yorkshire and Humberside, (ii) north Yorkshire, (iii) west Yorkshire, (iv) south Yorkshire, (v) Humberside, (vi) the north of England and (vii) the United Kingdom. [1458]

Mrs. Angela Knight: I have been asked to reply.

Information available from the new earnings survey is provided in the tables.

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Hourly earnings including overtime

		Non-manual					Manual
		Male			Female			Male			Female
Percentage earning	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
	Yorkshire and Humberside
<£2.50	0.7	5.0	0.9	3.2	0.7	7.1	2.9	6.6
<£3.00	1.2	9.4	2.1	5.7	1.9	16.5	9.6	13.0
<£3.50	2.5	17.7	6.0	18.1	5.4	41.2	27.0	40.0
<£4.00	4.9	28.2	11.5	32.3	11.4	54.1	45.1	65.2
<£4.50	8.0	39.2	20.4	45.4	19.6	66.5	62.0	80.1
<£5.00	11.4	46.4	29.5	56.4	29.7	69.4	73.3	85.8
<£5.50	15.8	51.9	39.1	64.7	40.4	75.3	80.7	90.7
<£6.50	24.9	60.2	55.0	75.0	59.8	83.5	92.4	95.7
	North Yorkshire
<£2.50	1.1	6.3	1.3	3.7	0.5	3.4	4.3	4.1
<£3.00	1.9	12.5	2.5	5.3	1.0	6.9	8.5	13.8
<£3.50	3.3	25.0	7.8	16.3	5.7	37.9	39.4	41.4
<£4.00	6.8	46.9	13.1	35.3	12.1	65.5	54.3	62.8
<£4.50	10.8	56.3	22.2	47.4	22.1	79.3	67.0	77.9
<£5.00	12.7	65.6	33.8	59.5	35.5	79.3	76.6	85.5
<£5.50	17.1	68.8	42.8	65.3	46.9	79.3	81.9	98.7
<£6.50	26.8	68.8	59.7	74.7	66.7	93.1	92.6	93.1
North
<£2.50	0.4	6.3	0.7	3.7	0.8	5.1	3.0	6.0
<£3.00	1.0	8.1	2.0	5.2	2.1	13.1	9.7	17.7
<£3.50	2.7	19.8	6.8	18.8	5.9	32.3	25.6	47.4
<£4.00	5.1	27.0	13.7	36.4	11.5	47.5	40.4	71.8
<£4.50	8.3	33.3	21.3	47.4	20.3	59.6	59.6	82.8
<£5.00	11.3	45.0	29.2	56.3	29.3	70.7	70.2	88.6
<£5.50	15.4	49.5	40.1	63.1	38.2	76.8	79.0	92.2
<£6.50	24.3	55.0	55.3	76.1	56.6	82.8	89.4	96.3
Great Britain
<£2.50	0.5	5.6	0.6	3.4	0.7	8.0	2.9	6.1
<£3.00	0.9	8.9	1.4	5.2	1.8	15.3	8.5	13.6
<£3.50	1.9	17.8	3.9	15.1	4.9	38.0	22.5	38.9
<£4.00	3.7	27.8	8.4	29.0	10.4	53.4	39.0	61.8
<£4.50	6.2	36.6	14.4	40.7	18.1	64.7	55.0	76.3
<£5.00	9.2	44.1	21.6	50.9	27.7	91.9	67.1	83.6
<£5.50	12.7	49.1	29.9	59.7	37.9	79.1	76.9	89.2
<£6.50	20.5	56.6	45.5	72.0	57.4	85.8	89.0	94.8

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Hourly earnings excluding overtime

		Non-manual					Manual
		Male			Female			Male			Female
Percentage earning	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
	Yorkshire and Humberside
<£2.50	0.7	5.0	0.9	3.3	0.8	7.1	2.9	6.6
<£3.00	1.3	9.4	2.1	5.9	2.2	17.1	10.2	13.2
<£3.50	2.7	17.7	6.1	18.7	6.1	41.2	28.7	40.3
<£4.00	5.2	28.2	11.6	32.5	13.5	56.5	46.8	65.7
<£4.50	8.5	38.7	20.8	46.1	23.3	67.6	63.7	80.8
<£5.00	12.1	45.3	30.1	56.7	33.4	70.6	73.9	86.4
<£5.50	16.5	51.4	39.6	65.2	43.9	75.3	82.2	90.9
<£6.50	25.8	59.1	55.4	74.8	63.8	82.9	93.4	95.8
	North Yorkshire
<£2.50	1.1	6.3	1.3	3.7	1.0	3.4	4.3	4.1
<£3.00	2.2	12.5	2.5	5.8	1.9	6.9	8.5	14.5
<£3.50	3.3	25.0	8.1	16.8	6.9	37.9	39.4	42.1
<£4.00	7.3	46.9	13.4	35.8	15.0	65.5	57.4	62.8
<£4.50	11.7	56.3	22.5	49.5	28.6	79.3	68.1	77.2
<£5.00	13.6	62.5	34.1	59.5	40.5	82.8	76.6	85.5
<£5.50	17.3	65.6	43.1	65.3	50.7	82.8	85.1	89.0
<£6.50	27.1	65.6	60.3	74.7	69.3	93.1	93.6	93.1
North
<£2.50	0.4	6.3	0.7	3.8	0.9	5.1	3.0	6.3
<£3.00	1.1	9.0	2.0	5.4	2.3	13.1	10.4	17.5
<£3.50	2.7	20.7	7.1	19.2	6.6	34.3	26.6	47.6
<£4.00	5.1	27.0	14.1	37.6	13.7	48.5	42.3	72.2
<£4.50	8.7	34.2	21.9	48.6	22.7	61.6	61.4	84.5
<£5.00	11.8	45.0	30.0	56.8	31.6	68.7	72.5	89.6
<£5.50	16.1	49.5	40.9	63.7	41.2	76.8	79.9	92.5
<£6.50	24.7	54.1	55.9	76.4	59.5	82.8	91.0	96.1
Great Britain
<£2.50	0.5	5.8	0.7	3.4	0.8	8.1	3.0	6.2
<£3.00	1.0	9.3	1.4	5.4	2.0	15.4	8.9	13.8
<£3.50	2.0	18.2	4.0	15.4	5.5	38.3	23.6	39.5
<£4.00	4.0	28.5	8.6	29.5	11.9	54.0	40.7	62.2
<£4.50	6.6	36.8	14.7	41.1	21.0	65.2	57.1	77.0
<£5.00	9.6	43.6	22.0	51.1	30.9	71.7	68.8	83.9
<£5.50	13.2	49.0	30.4	59.9	41.2	79.3	78.0	89.2
<£6.50	21.1	56.6	45.9	72.0	60.7	85.6	89.7	94.6

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Gross weekly earnings including overtime

	Yorkshire and Humberside	North Yorkshire	West Yorkshire	South Yorkshire	Humberside	North of England	Great Britain
<£100	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.0	1.1	0.9
<£150	9.4	12.2	8.4	9.7	9.6	10.3	7.4
<£200	26.2	29.8	25.3	27.0	24.8	27.8	21.7
<£250	43.5	47.6	43.3	43.4	41.2	45.2	38.3

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Gross weekly earnings excluding overtime

	Yorkshire and Humberside	North Yorkshire	West Yorkshire	South Yorkshire	Humberside	North of England	Great Britain
<£100	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.1	1.0
<£150	11.3	14.0	10.3	11.3	12.1	12.2	8.8
<£200	32.1	36.1	30.9	32.1	32.0	32.7	26.4
<£250	51.7	56.0	51.1	51.4	50.7	52.0	45.0

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WALES

Cryptosporidium

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the recorded number of cases of cryptosporidium in each health authority and in Wales as a whole for the last two years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [548]

Mr. Richards: The number of cases of cryptosporidium is not available. However, the numbers of finished consultant episodes recorded for Welsh residents by hospitals in Wales, where the condition was the principal diagnosis, are given in the following table:

Area of residence	1992-93	1994-95
Clwyd	4	3
Gwent	0	3
Gwynedd	0	1
Mid Glamorgan	5	5
Powys	1	0
South Glamorgan	2	7
West Glamorgan	0	1
Pembrokeshire	1	3
East Dyfed	1	0
Wales	14	23

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