HC Deb 29 November 1994 vol 250 c611W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each year since 1978(a) the average earnings and (b) the average rate of inflation.

Mr. Nelson

The following table gives the information requested on average earnings:

April of Year Average gross weekly earnings of full-time Adult1 employees2 Great Britain £
1978 79.10
1979 89.60
1980 110.20
1981 124.90
1982 136.50
1983 147.40
1984 159.30
1985 171.00
1986 184.70
1987 198.90
1988 218.40
1989 239.70
1990 263.10
1991 284.70
1992 304.60
1993 316.90
1994 325.70
Notes:
1 For 1978 to 1982, figures are compiled on basis of men aged 21 and over and women aged 18 and over. Since 1983 figures are compiled on the basis of employees on adult rates.
2 Figures are average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence:

Source:

Department of Employment; New Earnings Surveys.

The information requested at (b) is available in table 8 of the publication "Retail Prices Index September 1994", CSO Business Monitor MM23, a copy of which is available in the Library.