§ Mrs. Fennerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will give the relative changes in underground miners' wage levels for the seven per cent. who previously earned under £20, the
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Numbers registered as unemployed at 14th February, 1972 (provisional) Employees in employment at June, 1970 Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Males Females Males Females Males Females (000's) (000's) Cymmer … … 0.5 0.4 262 83 17 — Port Talbot … … 27.4 6.5 923 387 244 5 Maesteg … … 4.5 2.1 365 129 41 1 Porthcawl … … 1.3 1.2 238 66 11 1 Bridgend … … 16.1 8.7 857 286 154 — 15 per cent. who previously earned £20 to £25, the 38 per cent. who previously earned £30 to £40, and the nine per cent. who previously earned over £40, respectively;
(2) if he will publish the average weekly earnings of miners following the Wilberforce Report, and the average weekly hours worked.
§ Mr. BryanInformation about miners' earnings and hours worked in April, 1972, will be collected in the New Earnings Survey and the results giving average earnings and hours and the percentages of underground miners earning less than the specified amounts will be published in the Department of Employment Gazette later in the year.