§ Mr. Ellis Smithasked the Minister of Labour if he will now set out in tabular form the national average wages received in each trade or industry engaged in manufacturing, railways, coal mining, and engineering in 1945, 1958, and 1960, respectively.
§ Mr. P. ThomasInformation about average wages received in these industries was set out in my right hon. Friend's Written Reply to the hon. Member on 29th November, 1960.
It is not possible to calculate national average wage rates from information available to my Department, but minimum or standard weekly rates of wages in the great majority of manufacturing industries as at 1st August, 1946, 1st April, 1958, and 1st April, 1960, were published in Time Rates of Wages handbooks. No such book was published in 1945.
The following statement shows the minimum or standard weekly rates of wages for adult men in certain occupations in railways, coal mining and engineering.