§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table for all regions on male earnings and unemployment on the same basis as that for the West Midlands,Official Report,5th December 1978, columns 601–2.
§ Mr. Golding:Comprehensive regional estimates of average earnings are available only for April, from the new earnings survey. The following index numbers are based on the estimated average gross weekly earnings of full-time men aged 21 and over whose pay for the survey reference pay period was not affected by absence. They are subject to sampling errors.
603W
South-East East Anglia South-West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland April 1970 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 April 1971 110 112 111 108 110 110 110 108 110 111 April 1972 122 123 123 120 123 123 121 122 124 124 April 1973 138 143 142 137 140 141 138 141 141 143 April 1974 158 165 162 154 160 162 157 162 160 163 April 1975 200 208 202 189 209 209 200 212 205 213 April 1976 236 246 242 223 240 247 238 251 242 253 April 1977 258 269 264 247 266 270 260 272 266 277 April 1978 292 306 297 277 305 309 295 310 299 313 Index numbers, seasonally adjusted, of unemployed males—excluding school leavers—are: 604W
South-East East Anglia South-West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland 1970 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 January to June 1971 112 133 112 129 117 117 122 109 109 125 July to December 1971 129 149 129 171 135 142 155 128 125 145 January to June 1972 134 143 133 193 141 148 172 134 136 150 July to December 1972 120 119 117 169 125 130 165 124 124 138 January to June 1973 97 94 97 123 100 104 141 104 102 115 July to December 1973 82 83 86 95 85 86 114 90 89 94 January to June 1974 87 85 98 104 95 90 116 93 99 94 July to December 1974 95† 103† 120† 109* 108† 93† 126† 97† 104† 95† January to June 1975 131‡ 142‡ 167‡ 158‡ 141‡ 116‡ 159‡ 110‡ 131‡ 103‡ July to December 1975 177 182 211 226 176 147 193 124 166 125 January to June 1976 212 210 240 261 196 168 213 133 184 142 July to December 1976 223* 217* 247* 254* 201* 168* 213* 138* 183* 149* January to June 1977 225 226 252 241 201 163 211 143 184 159 July to December 1977 230 233 259 245 210 174 220 150 196 167 January to June 1978 215 219 246 234 207 174 214 157 199 166 July to December 1978 202 208 230 228 201 170 209 153 195 155 *Average of July to October; figures for November and December not available. †Average of July to November; figures for December not available. ‡Average of February to June; figures for January not available.