§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of places in work experience programmes on employers' premises are with firms which employ between 500 and 1,000 employees.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe estimated proportion of places offered by such firms participating is 4 per cent.
Men aged 21 and over in full-time employment* 1976 1977 1978 1979 April 1980 Great Britain Average† weekly earnings (£) 71.8 78.6 89.1 101.9 124.5 Percentage of employees earning less than average 60 60 60 59 61 Median‡ earnings (£) 65.8 72.3 82.0 93.9 113.3 Northern Region Average‡ weekly earnings (£) 71.4 77.5 88.4 99.7 120.2 Percentage of employees earning less than average 58 59 58 58 59 Durham County Average† weekly earnings (£) 68.9 75.1 87.1 97.9 121.1 Percentage of employees earning less than average 57 59 58 58 58 Source: New Earnings Survey.
* Whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. Both manual and non-manual employees are covered.
† Arithmetic average.
‡ By definition, half of employees earn less than median earnings.