Earnings

HC Deb 14 February 1972 vol 831 cc44-6W

Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Employment which of the 61 regional sub-divisions of Great Britain had the five lowest average gross weekly earnings for full-time male employees over 21 years of age, and by what percentage these were below the average for Great Britain as a whole in April, 1950, 1960, 1965, and 1970.

Region	Sub-division	Percentage below national average
Scotland	…	…	Borders	…	…	24
Yorkshire and Humberside	…	…	South Lindsey	…	…	22
Northern	…	…	Rural North East—North	…	…	21
Scotland	…	…	North East	…	…	17
South Western	…	…	Western	…	…	17
Wales	…	…	North west Wales—North Coast	…	…	17
Northern	…	…	Rural North East—South	…	…	17
East Anglia	…	…	North East	…	…	16

These percentages are subject to wide margins of error. Most of the differences between them are not statistically significant, so it is not possible to say with certainty which of these eight subdivisions had the five lowest average earnings in April, 1970.

The 1971 survey results for subdivisions were published in Tables 71 to 73 of the January, 1972 issue of the Department's Gazette.

ANNUAL AVERAGE PERCENTAGE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
			1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971
South-East	…	…	1.0	1.3	1.6	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.7	2.0
East Anglia	…	…	1.3	1.4	2.1	2.0	1.9	2.1	3.1
South-West	…	…	1.4	1.7	2.1	1.5	1.6	1.8	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.8	3.5
West Midlands	…	…	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.9	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.2	2.0	2.3	4.0
East Midlands	…	…	0.9	1.1	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.3	3.1
Yorkshire and Humberside	1.0	1.5	1.9	1.1	1.1	1.2	2.1	2.6	2.6	2.9	3.9
North-West	…	…	1.6	2.5	3.1	2.1	1.6	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.7	4.0
North	…	…	2.5	3.7	5.0	3.3	2.6	2.6	4.0	4.7	4.8	4.8	5.8
Wales	…	…	2.6	3.1	3.6	2.6	2.6	2.9	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.0	4.7
Scotland	…	…	3.1	3.8	4.8	3.6	3.0	2.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.3	6.0
Great Britain	…	…	1.5	2.0	2.5	1.6	1.4	1.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.6	3.5

Rates of unemployment for the South East, East Anglia, East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside standard regions cannot be calculated separately for dates earlier than 1965.

Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown of the increase in the unemployment figures during the last nine months, indicating the number displaced by large

Mr. Bryan

Information is not available for April, 1950, 1960 or 1965. Sub-regional estimates of average gross weekly earnings of full-time men, aged 21 and over in April. 1970 were published in Table 72 of the bookletNew Earnings Survey, 1970. The survey estimates, for those whose pay was not affected by absence in the survey pay-period, were lowest in the following regional subdivisions.