§ Sir F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the estimated gross earnings of a male manual worker in the ancillary hospital services; and how much of any such total is related to basic pay and overtime, respectively, in regard to how many basic working hours weekly.
§ Sir K. JosephEstimated average gross earnings are £27.90 per week of which basic pay for a 40-hour week is £20.31, overtime £2.97 and other payments are £4.62.
34Wof the Common Market countries, including the United Kingdom and similar information for Canada and the USA.
§ Sir K. JosephI regret that the information requested by my hon. Friend is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Some information in regard to payments of social assistance was given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk, North (Mr. Ralph Howell) on 13th June last.-[Vol. 838, c. 1231–3.]