§ Mr. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers in Scotland were involved in industrial
176W1971 sample who were employed in a full-time basis and whose pay was not affected by absence during the survey pay-period in April, 1971.
GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS LESS THAN £20 Number (thousands) Percentage Great Britain 1,210 11 South West Region 91 14 Western sub-division 13 21 Southern sub-division 24 18
§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details showing the average earnings in each of the regions throughout the United Kingdom at the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. BryanDetailed regional analyses of average gross weekly and hourly earnings of full-time men aged 21 and over and women aged 18 and over in April. 1971, obtained from the new Earnings Survey, were published in the January, 1972, issue of the Department'sGazette. The survey did not cover Northern Ireland.
For those whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence, the estimates of average weekly earnings were:
action of any kind, including official and unofficial strikes and working-in on the fourth Monday in January, 1972; and what were the figures for the same day in 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968 and 1967, respectively.
§ Mr. BryanI regret that full information as requested is not available. I understand however that on 24th January, some 320 workers were involved in "work in" or "sit in" actions in Scotland.