§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate, from figures available to him, the number of men over 18 years of age employed in a full-time occupation with gross earnings of less than £20 a week; and how many and what percentage of these were employed in the public sector.
§ Mr. BryanThe available estimates from the New Earnings Survey relate to April, 1971. About 12 million men aged 21 and over had gross weekly earnings358W of less than £20 at that date, and of these about one-third were employed in the public sector.