§ 55. Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of average earnings at the latest convenient date in the Portsmouth area as compared with those in the South-East 67W Region as a whole and the United Kingdom as a whole; and whether he will make a statement on particular job categories where earnings compare adversely with those in other provincial centers.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkEstimates for April, 1971, obtained from the New
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS, APRIL, 1971, EXCLUDING EMPLOYEES WHOSE PAY WAS AFFECTED BY ABSENCE IN THE SURVEY PAY PERIOD New Earnings Survey estimates Solent sub-division £ South-east region £ Great Britain £ Manual workers: Full-time, men, aged 21 and over … … 29.3 30.6 29.4 Full-time, women, aged 18 and over … … 14.4 16.2 15.3 Non-manual workers: Full-time, men, aged 21 and over … … 36.9 42.1 39.1 Full-time, women, aged 18 and over … … 18.5 21.6 19.8 All workers: Full-time, men, aged 21 and over … … 32.2 35.8 32.9 Full-time, women, aged 18 and over … … 17.3 20.1 18.3 The estimates are subject to sampling errors.
§ 69. Mr. Juddasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the unemployment rate in Portsmouth at 31st July, 1972, as compared with that in the South-East region as a whole and the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 10th July, the percentage rates of unemployment for the Portsmouth travel-to-work area, the South-East region and the United Kingdom were 3.0, 1.9 and 3.7, respectively.