HC Deb 19 June 1980 vol 986 cc614-6W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of full-time males aged 18 years and over in each of the counties of Wales and for each of the standard economic regions of the United Kingdom in the following bands (a) under £40, (b) £41 to £50, (c) £51 to £60, (d) £61 to £70, (e) £71 to £80, (f) £81 to £90, (g) £91 to £100, (h) £101 to £110, (i) £111 to £120, (j) £121 to £130, (k) £131 to £140, (l) £141 to £150 and (m) over £150.

Mr. Jim Lester

The table below gives the latest estimates of the percentage distribution of gross weekly earnings from the new earnings survey. I regret that this analysis is not available for men aged 18 and over and I have therefore quoted figures on the usual basis for the new earnings survey results, males aged 21 and over.

The survey is based on a 1 per cent. sample of employees. Only a very small number of employees will appear in some cells of the table and because of response and sampling variation the total number of employees in particular earnings bands cannot be confidently inferred from the number in the sample.

DISTRIBUTION OF GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS, APRIL 1979—FULL-TIME MALES AGED 21 AND OVER WHOSE PAY WAS NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE
Percentage with gross weekly earnings in the range
Under £50 £50 to £60 £60 to £70 £70 to £80 £80 to £90 £90 to £100 £100 to £110 £110 to £130 £130 to £150 Over £150 All ranges Number in sample
Wales … … 3.2 6.7 10.2 12.7 13.4 13.7 10.7 15.2 7.8 6.4 100 3,589
Clwyd-West … … 4.7 4.8 18.2 10.1 12.9 16.2 8.8 16.2 5.4 2.7 100 148
Clwyd-B7;East … … 1.9 5.0 9.7 6.5 14.1 15.6 15.3 18.8 7.5 5.6 100 320
Dyfed (excluding Llanelli) … … 7.2 14.3 12.4 13.1 13.6 9.5 10.4 7.5 6.4 5.6 100 251
Gwent … … 1.5 4.2 9.2 12.1 16.0 16.1 11.1 15.6 8.7 5.5 100 597
Gwynedd … … 5.7 11.8 12.9 16.0 14.1 11.7 6.9 9.1 6.5 5.3 100 263
Powys … … 4.8 11.1 19.8 23.8 11.1 7.2 10.3 8.7 0.8 2.4 100 126
Mid Glamorgan … … 3.6 4.7 8.6 15.8 11.8 13.1 9.7 15.2 8.1 9.5 100 591
South Glamorgan … … 3.3 8.0 8.4 12.0 12.6 11.0 10.6 15.5 9.6 9.0 100 575
West Glamorgan (including Llanelli) … … 1.9 5.1 8.9 11.4 13.0 16.5 11.3 18.7 8.2 5.0 100 718
England … … 2.4 5.5 10.1 12.8 13.9 13.0 10.6 14.6 7.8 9.3 100 67,010
South East … … 2.1 4.3 8.7 11.3 13.1 11.7 10.8 15.4 9.3 13.3 100 24,391
East Anglia … … 3.0 7.7 14.6 14.9 12.2 12.8 8.5 12.0 6.6 7.7 100 2,394
South West … … 3.3 8.5 14.1 14.1 15.3 13.1 8.6 11.7 5.5 5.8 100 5,634
West Midlands … … 2.0 5.0 9.0 14.3 15.4 15.1 11.8 14.3 6.9 6.2 100 8,009
East Midlands … … 2.2 6.2 11.8 13.5 14.3 14.4 10.1 14.5 6.0 7.0 100 5,612
Yorkshire and Humberside … … 2.5 6.1 10.5 12.8 14.1 13.0 10.7 15.1 7.8 7.4 100 7,393
North West … … 2.4 6.3 10.0 13.4 13.7 13.9 11.2 14.1 7.4 7.6 100 8,898
North … … 2.4 5.7 9.9 12.8 14.6 12.8 10.9 15.3 7.7 7.9 100 4,679
Scotland … … 2.9 6.4 11.7 12.7 12.0 11.8 10.6 14.5 8.1 9.3 100 7,365

Source : New Earnings Survey.