§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the estimated number and percentage of men aged 21 years and over in full-time employment whose gross weekly earnings are less than £20.00 per week in Great Britain, and the Western and Southern sub-divisions of the South-West of England, respectively.
§ Mr. BryanThe following estimates are based on the numbers of men, aged 21 and over in the New Earnings Survey
All occupations Manual occupations Men Women Men Women £ £ £ £ South East … … … … … 35.8 20.1 30.6 16.2 East Anglia … … … … … 30.1 17.0 26.8 14.3 South Western … … … … … 30.9 17.1 27.6 14.6 West Midlands … … … … … 33.5 17.6 31.4 15.4 East Midlands … … … … … 30.7 17.1 28.3 14.9 Yorkshire and Humberside … … … 30.6 16.7 28.1 14.4 North Western … … … … … 32.3 17.4 29.6 15.2 Northern … … … … … 30.8 17.2 28.7 14.9 Wales … … … … … 31.8 17.8 29.6 14.5 Scotland … … … … … 31.3 17.4 28.5 14.9 GREAT BRITAIN … … … … … 32.9 18.3 29.4 15.3 (The estimates are subject to sampling error; for most regional averages the standard error was about £0.1.) The results of the Department's October, 1971, inquiry into the earnings of manual workers in manufacturing and certain other industries will become available later this month and include estimates for all regions of the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland.