§ Mr. William Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average weekly wage of forestry workers 384W in Wales; and what is the average weekly wage of supervisory grades.
§ Mr. George ThomasThe Commission employs a wide variety of industrial staff and the earnings of forest workers are not identified separately in the accounts. A figure for the average weekly forest workers' earnings is not therefore available. The basic weekly wages of forest workers employed by the Forestry Commission are:
£ s. d. Basic rate … … 12 12 0 Skilled Forest Worker … … 13 3 0 These earnings may be supplemented by piecework.
2. Non-industrial supervisors in the Forestry Commission are paid annual salaries within the appropriate scale. For the grades mainly concerned these scales are;
Annual Salary From To £ £ District Officer (Grade I) … 2,093 2,774 District Officer (Grade II) … 1,144 2,093 Chief Forester … 1,818 2,261 Head Forester … 1,556 1,818 Forester … 1,203 1,556 3. No information is available on earnings within the private sector.