§ 22. Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Paymaster General what percentage of workers employed in the north-west are on earnings below 25 per cent. of the national average earnings.
§ Mr. LangThe latest information from the new earnings survey relates to April 1985 and shows that less than 0.2 per cent. of full-time adult employees in the northwest region had gross weekly earnings below £42.8. The figure which is 25 per cent. of average gross weekly earnings of all full-time adult employees in Great Britain.