§ Mr. Biffenasked the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what has been the average rate of clerical earnings of full-time employees in the National Economic Development Office and the National Board for Prices and Incomes during 1968 to date and for the corresponding periods in 1967 and 1966.
§ Mr. Frederick LeeThe average earnings of the full-time clerical staff of the National Economic Development Office were as follows:
1966 … … … £810 1967 … … … £797 1968 … … … £913 My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs is no longer responsible for the National Board for Prices and Incomes, but I am informed that the corresponding figures for the Board were:
1966 … … … £770 1967 … … … £802 1968 … … … £862