§ Mr. Graham Pageasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the average weekly industrial wage in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe information requested is set out below for both men and women manual workers normally working full-time in all industries and 363W services covered by the half-yearly inquiries carried out by my Department:
October Men—21 years and over Women—18 years and over £ s. d. £ s. d. 1959 13 11 1 7 0 11 1960 14 10 8 7 8 4 1961 15 6 10 7 14 6 1962 15 17 3 8 0 10 1963 16 14 11 8 8 3 1964 18 2 2 8 19 1 1965 19 11 9 9 11 11 1966 20 6 1 10 1 4 1967 21 7 6 10 11 2 1968 22 19 11 11 5 11