Mr. Bittenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average wage rate and earnings for male and female industrial workers, respectively, sub-divided between adults and 80W licensed restaurants, (m) unlicensed places of refreshments, and (iv) industrial and staff canteens for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe numbers of inspections undertaken as a result of {a) complaints and (b) routine visits in each of the undernoted trades in the last five years are as follows:
establishments, (iii) licensed residential establishments and licensed restaurants, and (iv) unlicensed places of refreshment, for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following amounts were paid by firms in the under-noted trades visited on routine inspection in the last five years:
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following amounts were paid by firms in the under noted trades as a result of complaints in the last five years:
juveniles; what are the number of hours worked to provide these earnings; and what percentage change this represents over the past five years.
§ Mr. BoothFollowing is the latest available information about earnings and 81W hours for full-time manual workers
Average weekly Earnings Average Hours worked October 1968 October 1973 Percentage change October October Percentage change 1968 1973 (ii) over (i) 1968 1973 (v) over (iv) £ £ Men, 21 years and over 23.62 41.52 +75.8 45.8 44.7 -2.4 Women, 18 years and over 11.31 21.15 +87.0 38.2 37.5 -1.8 Youths and boys 10.74 21.60 +101.1 41.3 40.9 -1.0 Girls 7.60 15.21 +100.1 38.8 38.1 -1.8 I regret that insufficient information is available from which to calculate national average wage rates in manufacturing industries but the percentage changes in weekly wage rates are set out below:
Weekly wage rates Percentage Change October 1968—October 1973 Men, 21 years and over +72.5 Women, 18 years and over +81.9 Juveniles +100.4