§ Mr. Copeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing, for each quarter since 1974 using 1975 as a base, earning and wages per head in manufacturing for each member of the European Community, the United States of America and Japan.
§ Mr. Golding:The available information is given in the following table. In making comparisons it is important to note that there are differences in coverage and methods of compilation used for the series in each country, the most important of which are indicated in the footnotes.
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EARNINGS PER HEAD IN MANUFACTURING 1975=100 United Kingdom (1.)(8.) Belgium (2.)(5.) Denmark(2.)(6.) France(3.) Germany (F.R.)(2.) Ireland(2.) Italy(3.) Luxembourg(2.) Nether lands(3.) U.S.A (2.)(7.) Japan (4.)(8.) 1974 1stquarter … … … … 70 75 77 77 87 70 73 … 83 88 78 … … … … 2nd quarter 76 82 83 81 93 76 77 89 87 90 89 3rd quarter … … … … 82 85 85 86 95 80 81 … 91 93 92 4th quarter … … … … 88 91 90 89 95 84 85 93 91 96 94 1975 1stquarter … … … … 93 95 94 93 96 90 94 … 96 98 98 2nd quarter … … … … 97 98 100 96 100 98 100 99 98 99 96 3rd quarter … … … … 103 100 101 101 101 104 102 … 101 103 4th quarter … … … … 108 106 105 104 101 108 104 101 103 103 103 1976 1stquarter … … … … 111 106 108 106 103 111 … 107 105 108 2nd quarter … … … … 116 111 112 111 106 114 116 113 107 106 110 3rd quarter … … … … 118 111 114 115 108 118 128 … 109 109 113 4th quarter … … … … 122 116 118 119 109 126 133 116 111 111 117 1977 1stquarter … … … … 124 116 118 122 111 127 142 … 113 113 120 2nd quarter … … … … 127 120 123 125 114 133 152 125 116 122 3rd quarter … … … … 128 122 126 129 116 137 160 … 119 118 124 4th quarter … … … … 135 127 129 133 116 143 185 126 119 121 126 1978 1stquarter … … … … 139 126 132 137 116 144 171 … 122 124 130 2nd quarter … … … … 147 129 136 140 120 176 … 122 125 131 3rd quarter … … … … 149* … … 147 … … … … … 128 … Notes: 1. Weekly earnings (all employees). 2. Hourly earnings. 3. Hourly wage rates. 4. Monthly earnings. 5. Including mining and transport. 6. Including mining. 7. Production workers. 8. Seasonally adjusted. *Provisional Not available. Main sources:Department of Employment Gazette, OECD: Main Economic Indicators.