HC Deb 21 June 1971 vol 819 cc210-1W
Mr. James Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many adult male workers over 21 years of age working a normal week in Scotland had a gross pay of less than £15 per week, £15 to £20, and £20 to £25, at the last count.

Mr. Bryan

The following estimates are based on the numbers of adult male workers, aged 21 years and over in the New Earnings Survey, 1970, sample who were employed in Scotland on a full-time basis and whose pay was not affected by absence during the survey pay-period in April, 1970. Weekly earnings are gross, before deductions, and include overtime payments and the average weekly value of annual and other periodical bonus and commission payments.

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF FULL-TIME MEN WHOSE PAY WAS NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE WITH GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS IN PARTICULAR RANGES, APRIL, 1970
Range of earnings Number (thousands)
Under £15 49 (nearly 5 per cent. of the total).
£15 or over but less than £20. 187 (about 18 per cent. of the total).
£20 or over but less than £24. 181 (about 18 per cent. of the total).

Note: the numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand after grossing up the numbers in the survey sample and are subject to sampling errors.

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