§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give figures to show the average income of those in employment in 1982; if he will express the average (a) as an arithmetic mean and (b) in terms of modal range; and if he will also give the figures for men and women separately.
§ Mr. GummerThe available information on income from employment is as follows:
Gross weekly earnings of full time adult employees whose pay was not affected by absence in April 1982 Men Women All adults £ £ £ Arithmetic mean 154.5 99.0 136.5 Modal range(a) 110–120 100–110 100–110 Proportion of employees 9 9 8½ Source: New Earnings Survey 1982.
(a) The range—in units of £10—containing the largest number of employees
(b) Aged 21 and over.
(c) Aged 18 and over.
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§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the value of average earnings, both male and female earnings combined, for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. GummerFigures of average weekly earnings of all full-time adult employees, both males and females, are regularly published in table 5.6 ofEmployment Gazette, copies of which are available in the Library. The issue for February 1983 gives figures for 1975 to 1982 inclusive and the issue for October 1981 gives figures for 1973 and 1974.