§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the increase in average weekly earnings between 1965.
745Wand the latest date for which figures are available; and what was the corresponding figures for those employed in the construction industry.
§ Mr. BoothAbout 204 per cent. and 205 per cent. respectively. These figures relate to the increase between October 1965 and October 1975 in the average weekly earnings of full-time manual men aged 21 and over as measured in my Department's annual inquiry into the earnings and hours of manual workers in the United Kingdom. This inquiry covers all manufacturing industries; mining and quarrying except coal mining; construction; gas, electricity and water; transport and communication except railways and sea transport; certain miscellaneous services; and public administration.