HC Deb 17 February 1978 vol 944 cc385-6W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the annual increase from 1973 of the average gross weekly wages for full-time working women (a) manual, (b) non-manual, and (c) overall, for England, Scotland and Wales, respectively;

(2) if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the annual increase

PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME ADULTS, APRIL TO APRIL
England Scotland Wales
MEN aged 21 and over
Manual occupations
1973–74 … … … … … 14.3 15.5 13.1
1974–75 … … … … … 27.2 32.1 28.0
1975–76 … … … … … 17.0 16.8 17.0
1976–77 … … … … … 9.8 9.5 10.5
Annual rate of increase 1973–77 … … 16.9 18.2 16.9
Non-manual occupations
1973–74 … … … … … 13.2 10.5 15.2
1974–75 … … … … … 25.3 29.6 24.4
1975–76 … … … … … 19.1 20.4 20.5
1976–77 … … … … … 8.8 8.5 7.9
Annual rate of increase 1973–77 … … 16.5 17.1 17.0
All occupations
1973–74 … … … … … 13.9 13.7 13.9
1974–75 … … … … … 27.1 31.3 27.5
1975–76 … … … … … 18.0 18.8 18.5
1976–77 … … … … … 9.5 9.3 9.6
Annual rate of increase1973–77 … … 17.0 18.0 17.2
WOMEN aged 18 and over
Manual occupations
1973–74 … … … … … 19.3 19.9 19.9
1974–75 … … … … … 36.1 36.9 38.7
1975–76 … … … … … 22.6 22.7 26.9
1976–77 … … … … … 10.9 11.0 8.4
Annual rate of increase1973–77 … … 21.9 22.3 23.1
Non-manual occupations
1973–74 … … … … … 16.1 14.0 13.1
1974–75 … … … … … 38.3 40.3 38.3
1975–76 … … … … … 23.2 24.6 26.2
1976–77 … … … … … 10.1 8.9 11.2
Annual rate of increase1973–77 … … 21.5 21.3 21.8
All occupations
1973–74 … … … … … 16.9 16.0 14.6
1974–75 … … … … … 38.8 39.8 39.6
1975–76 … … … … … 23.2 24.3 26.5
1976–77 … … … … … 10.3 9.6 10.5
Annual rate of increase1973–77 … … 21.9 21.9 22.4

from 1973 of the average gross weekly wages for full-time working men (a) manual, (b) non-manual and (c) overall, for England, Scotland and Wales, respectively.

Mr. Golding

The following percentage increases between the New Earnings Survey estimates of gross weekly earnings for April in 1973 to 1977 relate to full-time men and women whose pay for the relevant pay period was not affected by absence. They are subject to sampling errors. They are liable to be affected by differences in occupational and industrial employment structures, both between the countries and between the survey dates. For example, the overall changes in earnings, for all occupations, can to some extent reflect changes in the proportion of manual and non-manual workers, as well as changes in earnings.