§ 50. Mr. David Jamesasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether in official publications he will ensure that all wages and salaries are referred to on a uniform scale of £'s per month, rather than on the dual scale of £'s per week and of £100's per year.
§ Mr. BryanIt is not practicable to express all wages in terms of £'s per month. The earnings of weekly-paid workers often fluctuate from week to week and valid estimates of their monthly
Earnings The latest date for which information is available is October, 1970. All Industries and Services covered Average weekly earnings: manual workers— full time Percentage rise over October, 1964 Average weekly earnings: administrative, technical, and clerical workers Percentage rise Date Men (aged 21 years and over) £ Women (aged 18 years and over) £ Men Women Males £ Females £ Males Females October, 1964 … 18.11 8.95 — — 23.53 12.60 — — October, 1965 … 19.59 9.60 8.2 7.3 25.53 13.71 8.5 8.8 October, 1966 … 20.30 10.07 12.1 12.5 26.69 14.25 13.4 13.1 October, 1967 … 21.38 10.56 18.1 18.0 27.90 14.90 18.6 18.3 October, 1968 … 23.00 11.30 27.0 26.3 29.77 15.76 26.5 25.1 October, 1969 … 24.82 12.11 37.1 35.3 32.07 17.05 36.3 35.3 October, 1970 … 28.05 13.99 54.9 56.3 36.12 19.59 53.5 55.5 October, 1971 … Not Available Not Available Information about the average salary scales of secretaries and personal secretaries is not available
General Index of Retail Prices The following table gives the percentage increases between mid-October, 1964 and (a) mid-October in each of the years 1965 to 1970 and (b) mid-May, 1971. October, 1965 October, 1966 October 1967 October, 1968 October. 1969 October 1970 May, 1971 All items … 4.8 8.8 10.9 17.1 23.4 32.5 42.0 Food … 3.1 6.9 8.3 14.3 22.0 30.9 44.7 Fares … 6.0 11.4 14.4 20.8 25.4 42.0 68.8 Postage … 22.4 35.1 35.1 52.7 52.7 52.7 118.1
Purchasing value of the £ sterling The fall in the purchasing value of the £ sterling (taken as l00p in mid-October, 1964) is as follows: Mid-October, 1965 … … … 4½p Mid-October, 1966 … … … 8p Mid-October, 1967 … … … 9½p Mid-October, 1968 … … … 14p Mid-October, 1969 … … … 18½p Mid-October, 1970 … … … 23½p Mid-May 1971 … … … 28½p These estimates are based on the movement of the Consumer Price Index for calendar years, adjusted by the movements of the General Index of Retail Prices for the months at the beginning and end of each period.
342Wearnings cannot be derived from the information which is collected.