§ Sir G. Jonesasked the Minister of Labour in what occupations increases of wages have taken place since the war; what are the approximate amounts of such increases in the respective occupations; the approximate total amount now paid in wages per week; and the average total amount of wages per week for 1938?
§ Mr. BevinThe available information relates mainly to industries in which rates of wages are determined either by statutory orders or by collective agreements between employers and workpeople. Since the outbreak of the war, rates of1176W wages have been increased in the great majority of these industries. For particulars of the increases in the respective industries and occupations, which are too numerous to be detailed within the limits of a reply to a Question, I would refer the hon. Member to the tabular statements published under the heading "Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour" in each of the monthly issues of the Ministry of Labour Gazette. I will arrange, however, that a statement giving particulars of the increases in wages granted in some of the principal industries shall be prepared and supplied to the hon. Member. I regret that figures are not available showing the approximate total weekly amount now paid in wages or the average total amount of weekly wages in 1938.