HC Deb 16 June 1992 vol 209 cc495-6W
Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will show average earnings per week for(a) males, (b) females and (c) in total for (i) manual, (ii) non-manual and (iii) all both (1) with and without overtime and (2) for each region and for the United Kingdom as a whole.

Mr. McLoughlin

Information for the regions of England and for Wales, Scotland and Great Britain can be found in tables 12, 13 and X5 of the new earnings survey report for 1991. Comparable information for Northern Ireland can be found in table 1 of the new earnings survey (Northern Ireland) report for 1991. Information on the numbers in the sample in each category, to produce combined estimates for the United Kingdom, is in table 24 of the Great Britain report and table 3 of the Northern Ireland report. Copies of both reports are available in the Library.

Mr. McLaoughlin

A Summary of the report is available and is in the Library. Further copies are available free of charge from the Health and Safety Executive's office at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh. The report itself is an internal working document and will not be published.