§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were earning less than £1,000 per annum in 1969–70 in Wales and Carmarthenshire, respectively; and what proportion this was of the working population.
§ Mr. BryanSuch information on annual earnings in 1969–70 is not available. However, the following New Earnings Survey 1970 results relate to employees in full-time employment whose earnings in the survey pay-period in300W April, 1970 were not affected by absence during the period.
PERCENTAGE WITH GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS UNDER £20 Wales Great Britain Men aged 21 and over Manual 21.1 21.2 Non-manual 11.7 11.4 All 18.3 17.7 (about 90,000 men) Women aged 18and over Manual 96.2 93.4 Non-manual 72.4 72.6 All 80.6 79.6 (about 150,000 women) Corresponding figures for Carmarthenshire are not available.