§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of the adult British working population earn more or less per week than each of the following amounts: £500, £250, £200, £175, £150, £125, £100, £90, £80, £70, £60, £50, £40 and £30.
§ Mr. GoldingThe New Earnings Survey indicates that in April 1977 among full-time adults whose pay for the reference pay period was not affected by absence and who were members of PAYE schemes, the percentages, with gross weekly earnings less than the amounts specified, were:
Earnings less than— Men aged 21 and over Women aged 18 and over £30 0.5 6.3 £40 2.4 28.8 £50 10.8 58.0 £60 27.0 77.3 £70 45.7 86.7 £80 62.2 91.7 £90 74.2 95.3 £100 82.7 97.6 £120 92.1 99.3 £150 97.0 99.8 £180 98.7 100.0 £200 99.2 100.0 £250 99.7 100.0 £500 100.0 100.0 These estimates are subject to sampling error and are rounded to one place of decimals.