§ Mr. Will Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will 425W publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT information showing precisely how the average weekly earnings of male manual workers, and all male workers, is calculated.
§ Mr. BryanThe return from each employer in the regular inquiry into earnings of manual workers in the United Kingom includes the aggregate amount paid to full-time men aged 21 and over in a particular pay week in October and the number of men receiving payment. The amount includes a proportionate share of annual, etc., bonus payments. The returns for a particular industry are added together and the total amount divided by the total number of men. The average for all industries covered by the inquiry is a weighted average of the individual industry averages, using as weights my Department's estimates of the numbers of full-time men employed in the industries. Separate figures are obtained for males under 21 but averages for all male manual workers are not compiled.
Earnings information for individual employees was obtained in the New Earnings Survey for a sample of employees in employment in Great Britain in April, 1970. These data were used to calculate average weekly earnings for specified groups of employees. The groups
NUMBERS REGISTERED AS WHOLLY UNEMPLOYED (THAT IS, EXCLUDING THOSE TEMPORARILY STOPPED) IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE WOLVERHAMPTON EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE AND IN THE WEST MIDLANDS REGION Wolverhampton West Midlands Males Females Males Females March, 1971 … … … 2,861 546 47,885 8,477 April, 1971 … … … 3,313 644 51,150 8,676 Percentage change … … … +15.8 +17.9 +6.8 +2.3