§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current average wage in the county of Dyfed; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonIt is estimated that the average gross weekly earnings of adults in full-time employment (whose pay was not affected by absence) in the county of Dyfed, excluding Llanelli, in April 1980 were as follows:
Manual employees £ per week Non-manual employees £ per week Men aged 21 and over 110.0 122.7 Women aged 18 and over 66.1 77.3 Source: New Earnings Survey 1980.
Precise estimates for later periods are not yet available, but average earnings for Great Britain as a whole are estimated to have risen by between 10 and 11 per cent. between the period covered by the above estimates and January 1981.
Prosecutions by HSC authorities for non-compliance with notices are shown below for 1978, 1979 and 1980 up to November, by date of completion of hearing. Details of local authority prosecutions are not available.
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Informations laid for non-compliance with Prohibition notices Improvement notices Total 1978 4 113 117 1979 6 119 125 1980 (January–November) 9 89 *100 * Includes 2 of unspecified type. Figures for earlier years were given in reply to the hon. and learned Member's question on this subject on 17 December 1979. [Vol. 976, c. 92–94.].