§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment by what methods he obtains information about wage and salary settlements in the private sector.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe major firms and employers' organisations in the private sector notify particulars of their principal pay settlements to my Department in response to an invitation to do so first issued in September, 1970. Under a separate and long-standing arrangement copies of collective agreements between organisations of employers and workpeople are sent to the Statistics Division of my Department.