§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Agriculture to set out in tabular form the average wages paid in the agricultural industry in 1930, 1940, 1945 and 1951;
ENGLAND AND WALES Year June-May Average Minimum Wage* Rate per Week Estimated Farmers' Expenditure on Labour† Numbers of Workers‡ s. d. £ miillion '000 workers 1929–30 … … … 31 8 (not available) 755.5 1939–40 … … … 35 9 57 607.5 1944–45 … … … 66 2½ 130½ 755.1 1950–51 … … … 97 3 193 722.7 1951–52 … … … 105 0 202½ 704.2 (provisional) Notes:
* Average minimum wage rate per week for ordinary adult male agricultural workers.
† Total expenditure on labour, including overtime, piecework, bonus and premium payments, perquisites valued in accordance with the Agricultural Wages Orders, and employers' contributions to insurance. Family workers not employed under a contract of service are assumed to be paid the same amounts as were received by hired workers of corresponding age and sex.
‡ Average of June numbers of total workers, including casual and part-time workers.