§ Mr. Meacherasked the Paymaster-General what has been the pay increase in each year since 1979 of (a) manual workers, (b) non-manual workers below executive grades, and (c) executives, including bonuses where appropriate.
§ Mr. TrippierThe available information is from the new earnings survey and is shown in the table:
Percentage increase in gross weekly earnings of full-time adult1 2 employees—Great Britain April (a) Manual workers (b) Non-manual workers excluding occupation groups I, II and VI3 (c) Non-manual workers occupation groups I, II and VI3 1979–80 +20.2 +24.5 +26.7 1980–81 + 9.5 +17.2 +11.8 1981–82 + 9.3 + 8.0 +10.8 1982–83 + 7.5 + 9.2 + 9.9 1983–84 + 7.8 + 7.3 +10.3 1984–85 + 7.0 + 6.7 + 7.9 1985–86 + 6.7 + 7 .9 +10.0 1 Whose earnings are not affected by absence. 2 Females aged 18 and over and males aged 21 and over from 1979–1983 males and females on adult rates 1983 onwards. 3 The occupation classification used in the New Earnings Survey does not separately identify executive grades; occupation groups I, II, and VI cover Professional and related supporting Management and Managerial (excluding General Management).