§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state for the most recent year for which figures are available the level of average weekly earnings for males and females, respectively, in work in the United Kingdom and the corresponding figure for Scotland, Wales and each of the standard regions in England and for Cornwall; and if he will also express these figures as a percentage of the United Kingdom figure.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following combined results of the new earnings surveys in Great Britain and Northern Ireland relate to April 1977 and to men aged 21 and over and women aged 18 and over, in 91W full-time employment in the specified regions, whose earnings for the survey reference pay periods were not affected by absence. They are not necessarily representative of the position over a full year. The estimates relate to their gross
AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS, APRIL 1977 FULL-TIME ADULTS WHOSE PAY WAS NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE IN THE SURVEY REFERENCE PERIOD Full-time men aged 21 and over Full-time women aged 18 and over Region Amount£ As percentage of United Kingdom figure Per cent. Amount£ As percentage of United Kingdom figure Per cent. England South West … … 73.40 93.5 49.60 97.3 Cornwall … … 65.80 83.8 45.10* 88.4* South East … … 84.10 107.1 54.90 107.6 East Anglia … … 72.60 92.5 48.40 94.9 West Midlands … … 76.30 97.2 49.20 96.5 East Midlands … … 74.50 94.9 47.20 92.5 Yorkshire and Humberside … … 75.40 96.1 47.90 93.9 North West … … 76.80 97.8 49.40 96.9 North … … 77.50 98.7 49.60 97.3 Wales … … 76.50 97.5 50.20 98.4 Scotland … … 78.30 99.7 48.90 95.9 Great Britain … … 78.60 100.1 51.00 100.0 United Kingdom … … 78.50 100.0 51.00 100.0 These figures are rounded to the nearest ten pence and are subject to sampling errors. Those asterisked have relatively high sampling errors.