HC Deb 20 January 1971 vol 809 cc299-300W
Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked 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. Bryan

Such 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 in 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.