§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the mean and median incomes of each of the metropolitan districts of Greater
GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS (£) OF FULL-TIME MALE EMPLOYEES AGED 21 AND OVER. WHOSE PAY WAS NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE April 1975 April 1976 April 1977 April 1978 April 1979 Greater Manchester Metropolitan County area Mean … … 58.5 69.8 75.8 86.0 98.8 Standard deviation … … 24.2 30.3 30.0 35.5 39.8 Median … … 54.1 63.8 70.0 79.5 91.8 South East Mean … … 65.3 77.0 84.1 95.3 108.5 Standard deviation … … 32.2 37.4 37.3 43.2 46.9 Median … … 59.1 69.4 76.0 86.2 98.9 East Anglia Mean … … 56.2 66.4 72.6 82.6 95.9 Standard deviation … … 23.4 27.0 28.8 33.2 40.2 Median … … 51.4 60.1 67.0 75.8 88.2 South West Mean … … 56.2 67.2 73.4 82.5 92.4 Standard deviation … … 22.3 26.6 29.8 37.5 34.0 Median … … 51.9 61.5 67.1 75.9 86.5 West Midlands Mean … … 58.4 68.9 76.3 85.7 98.1 Standard deviation … … 21.1 23.6 25.9 29.8 33.9 Median … … 55.5 65.0 72.3 81.4 92.7 East Midlands Mean … … 58.6 67.3 74.5 85.4 97.1 Standard deviation … … 28.5 23.6 26.7 35.6 35.4 Median … … 53.9 62.7 69.9 79.4 91.3 Yorkshire and Humberside Mean … … 58.4 68.9 75.4 86.1 99.1 Standard deviation … … 22.3 25.8 27.1 34.6 37.0 Median … … 54.4 64.1 70.4 80.0 93.2 North West (including Greater Manchester) Mean … … 59.1 70.3 76.8 87.1 99.2 Standard deviation … … 24.3 28.4 29.5 34.0 39.0 Median … … 54.6 64.7 71.2 81.0 92.9 North Mean … … 60.5 71.4 77.5 88.4 99.7 Standard deviation … … 21.8 25.3 27.0 31.2 36.5 Median … … 56.6 66.8 72.5 83.6 93.4 Wales Mean … … 59.0 69.8 76.5 86.1 97.6 Standard deviation … … 20.6 26.1 27.1 45.0 35.2 Median … … 55.4 65.4 71.7 80.7 92.6 Scotland Mean … … 60.3 71.6 78.3 88.5 101.2 Standard deviation … … 24.5 30.1 32.3 37.5 42.3 Median … … 56.2 65.8 71.8 81.5 93.3 Northern Ireland Mean … … 54.7 68.6 72.1 81.5 93.4 Standard deviation … … 24.2 31.5 32.7 34.9 40.1 Median … … 49.9 61.5 65.0 74.4 84.3 United Kingdom Mean … … 60.7 71.7 78.5 88.9 101.2 Standard deviation … … 26.6 30.6 31.8 38.4 40.8 Median … … 55.8 65.7 72.3 81.9 93.8 Source: New Earnings Survey.
412WManchester and their standard deviations and of the regions of the United Kingdom as a whole for the past five years.
§ Mr.Jim LesterFigures in respect of individual metropolitan districts within Greater Manchester are not readily available. Figures for the last five years, however, are available in respect of average earnings for Greater Manchester as a whole and for the standard regions of the United Kingdom as follows:
413WFigures on incomes, as distinct from earnings, by region, and so on, are not available later than in respect of the fiscal year 1977–78. These are published in "Regional Statistics 15", table 13.4.
Differences in average earnings between areas will reflect differences in industrial and occupational structure, and so on, and do not necessarily indicate differences in earnings for comparable jobs.
§ Mr. Frank R. Whiteasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the average gross weekly earnings for full-time adult employees, male and female, in all the regions of Great Britain.
§ Mr.Jim LesterThe figures in respect of April 1979 are as follows:
AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS OF FULL.TIME ADULT EMPLOYEES WHOSE EARNINGS WERE NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE Region Men aged 21 and over Women aged 18 and over £ £ South East 108.5 68.4 East Anglia 95.9 60.2 South West 92.4 60.0 West Midlands 98.1 61.4 East Midlands 97.1 59.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 99.1 59.4 North West 99.2 60.5 North 99.7 60.6 Wales 97.6 61.4 Scotland 101.2 60.4 Source: New Earnings Survey.
Differences in average earnings between areas will reflect differences in industrial and occupational structure, and so on, and do not necessarily indicate differences in earnings for comparable jobs.