HC Deb 12 July 1978 vol 953 cc587-9W
Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of male full-time workers and what percentage of female full-time workers earn less than (a) £45 per week, (b) £50 per week, and (c) £60 per week in the following areas: South-East England, Greater London, East Anglia, South-West England, West Midlands, East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, North-West England, the North of England, Scotland,

of the total of (a) and (b) are given below.

Wales, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. John Golding,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 10th July 1978; Vol. 953, c. 379], gave the following information:

The following estimates for April 1977 are taken from the New Earnings Survey 1977. They relate to workers employed in the specified region, irrespective of their places of residence, and to gross earnings per week of the reference pay period, including overtime, bonuses and other additional payments. They are liable to be affected by regional dif-

DISTRIBUTION OH GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS, APRIL 1977
Full-time adult employees whose pay was not affected by absence
Males aged 21 and over Females aged 18 and over
Percentage with weekly earnings less than Percentage with weekly earnings less than
Region £45 £50 £60 £45 £50 £60
England:
South East … 4.7 9.0 22.5 34.3 47.6 69.2
Greater London … 3.9 7.5 18.8 25.3 37.3 61.9
East Anglia … 7.6 14.6 36.2 50.5 63.9 81.8
South West … 7.8 15.2 36.0 46.5 61.2 78.7
West Midlands … 4.5 9.4 25.3 47.7 62.9 81.6
East Midlands … 5.5 11.4 29.6 54.4 67.3 83.4
Yorkshire and Humberside … 5.9 11.7 29.9 51.8 66.6 83.5
North West … 5.9 11.2 28.3 46.8 62.4 81.2
North … 4.8 9.3 24.8 48.2 62.0 81.2
Wales … 5.8 11.6 28.4 45.2 60.7 78.8
Scotland … 6.5 12.6 29.1 48.2 62.7 82.1
Northern Ireland … 11.4 20.0 40.9 46.8 60.1 78.0
United Kingdom … 5.6 11.0 27.3 43.9 58.0 77.4