§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the weekly average total earnings for the latest available year in each of the economic planning regions in manufacturing industry, for males and females, respectively.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithFor manufacturing industry, the latest available regional estimates of average weekly earnings relate to October, 1971, and only to full-time manual men aged 21 and over. They were published in my Department's 271W Gazette, February, 1972, page 162, table 8 and include men whose pay was affected by absence.
The following New Earnings Survey, April, 1971, estimates relate to full-time adults 1whose pay was not affected by absence during the survey period. They
New Earnings Survey, April 1971 October, 1971 inquiry Men aged 21 and over Women aged 18 and over Men aged 21 and over Region Non-manual Manual Non-manual Manual Manual £ £ £ £ £ South-East … 41.8 32.5 19.7 16.5 33.0 East Anglia … not available 28.4 15.9 15.0 28.9 Southwestern … 38.5 29.9 16.0 15.7 30.0 West Midlands … 39.4 33.1 16.7 16.0 32.3 East Midlands … 38.6 29.2 16.2 15.4 29.5 Yorkshire and Humberside … 37.9 28.8 15.6 14.8 28.9 North Western … 38.1 30.7 17.1 15.9 30.7 Northern … 38.6 30.9 16.2 15.4 31.6 Wales … 39.6 31.5 17.6 15.2 30.3 Scotland … 37.3 30.5 16.4 15.4 32.3