§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report, by percentage and figure, the average rise in (a) wages and (b) earnings for each of the past five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GummerTable 1 of the reports on the new earnings survey for 1978 to 1982, copies of which are in the Library, shows the increase in average earnings between successive Aprils for full-time adult employees whose pay was not affected by absence, distinguishing manual and non-manual employees.
The results of the April 1983 survey will not be available until October. However, the percentage increase in the average earnings of all employees between April 1982 and April 1983 is given in table 5.1 of the Employment Gazette for June 1983.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for the average weekly employee earnings for men over 21 years of age (a) in manufacturing and (b) in agriculture.
§ Mr. GummerFigures of the average earnings of full-time male manual employees aged 21 and over in agriculture and horticulture and in manufacturing in April 1982 were published in table 4 of the report on the 1982 new earnings survey, a copy of which is in the Library. The corresponding figures for April 1983 will be available in October.
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§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many wage and salary earners are in the following groups: up to £1,000, £1,000 to £2,000, £2,000 to £3,000, £3,000 to £4,000, and over £4,000, in Scotland, England by region and Wales; and what percentage of the total falls within each group.
§ Mr. GummerInformation is not available in the form requested, but figures on the distribution of gross weekly earnings of full-time adult employees in Scotland, England by region and Wales in April 1982 are given in tables 114 and 115 of part E of the report on the new earnings survey for 1982, a copy of which is in the Library.