§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the value of the lowest decile of male earnings in Wales as a percentage of median earnings for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. BoothThe following estimates are based on the New Earnings Survey. They relate to the gross weekly earnings of full-time male workers aged 21 and over in Wales whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. They are subject to sampling errors.
Lowest decile earnings as percentages of median earnings April 1970 65.2 April 1971 66.6 April 1972 65.6 April 1973 65.5 April 1974 66.6
§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report the value of the lowest decile of male earnings in Scotland as a percentage of median earnings for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. BoothThe following estimates are based on the New Earnings Survey. They relate to the gross weekly earnings of full-time male workers aged 21 and over in Scotland whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. They are subject to sampling erors.
Lowest decile earnings as percentage of median earnings April 1970 63.8 April 1971 65.9 April 1972 65.1 April 1973 64.5 April 1974 65.4