§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will print in the OFFICIAL REPORT the value of the lowest decile male manual worker's wage as a percentage of median earnings for each year since 1964.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe following all-industry estimates are derived from the New Earnings Surveys 1968 to 1972. They relate to gross weekly earnings of full-time manual men aged 21 and over in Great Britain whose earnings for the survey pay period were not affected by absence. They are subject to sampling error.
Per cent. September 1968 … … … 67.3 April 1970 … … … 67.3 April 1971 … … … 68.2 April 1972 … … … 67.6 Directly comparable estimates of the same reliability for the other years from 271W 1964 onwards are not available but such evidence as there is indicates that this percentage has remained relatively constant over a long period.