HC Deb 02 December 1969 vol 792 cc251-2W
Mr. Donald Williams

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity on the basis that the average national weekly wage continues to increase year by year at the same rate which it has risen 1945 to 1969, what she estimates it will be in the year 1992.

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED IN EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AREAS IN SCOTLAND
(Thousands)
June, June, June, June, June,
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Aberdeen … … 92.7 93.7 95.1 95.3 94.5
Airdrie … … 18.5 19.4 20.0 20.3 20.3
Alexandria … … 9.2 9.1 10.0 9.8 9.6
Alloa … … 18.7 19.3 19.2 19.7 19.5
Annan … … 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.1
Anstruther … … 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1
Arbroath and Carnoustie … … 10.4 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.9
Ardrossan … … 7.5 6.9 7.1 7.4 8.3
Ayr … … 39.4 35.5 36.6 36.9 34.5
Banchory … … 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.8
Banff … … 4.6 5.5 4.3 3.9 4.7
Barrhead … … 9.2 9.2 9.9 9.4 9.0
Bathgate … … 22.8 23.2 23.8 23.8 24.4
Bellshill … … 8.0 9.8 9.4 10.2 9.9
Blairgowrie … … 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7
Bo'ness … … 5.7 5.4 6.3 5.4 5.4
Bonnybridge … … 6.8 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.0
Brechin … … 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.9
Broxburn … … 6.1 6.6 7.1 7.0 7.5
Buckie … … 3.9 3.6 4.2 4.0 3.6
Burntisland … … 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.8
Cambuslang … … 7.6 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.9
Campbeltown … … 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3
Carluke … … 3.6 3.5 4.0 3.9 3.8
Castle Douglas … … 6.2 5.8 6.1 6.0 5.8
Clydebank … … 36.5 38.2 36.5 34.7 35.0
Coatbridge … … 23.0 24.8 25.5 25.1 22.9
Cowdenbeath … … 14.3 13.6 11.7 10.6 12.2
Crieff … … 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.3
Cumbernauld … … 5.1 6.8 6.8 7.4 8.5
Cumnock … … 14.4 13.7 13.2 12.9 12.6
Cupar … … 9.9 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.0
Dalkeith … … 8.8 9.6 8.8 8.9 9.4
Dairy … … 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.9
Dingwall and Invergordon … … 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.9 7.3
Dumbarton … … 10.0 10.6 10.6 11.2 11.7
Dumfries and Lockerbie … … 22.4 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.0
Dundee and Broughty Ferry … … 93.0 94.1 92.9 88.2 89.9
Dunfermline … … 28.3 30.3 29.1 30.9 30.1
Dunoon … … 4.1 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.9
Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello … … 227.3 218.7 220.4 222.5 216.2
Elgin and Lossiemouth … … 12.3 12.9 12.7 12.6 12.8
East Kilbride … … 12.4 15.2 17.8 20.4 20.7
Eyemouth … … 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.7

Mr. Dell

On the assumption stated by the hon. Member, the average weekly earnings of manual men in the year 1992 would be about £100.