§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the latest figures of the estimated numbers of 233W women in full-time work with hourly earnings and in manual and in non-manual occupations, respectively, given as a percentage of the total.
§ Mr. BryanThe latest estimates relate to April, 1971, and are obtained from the New Earnings Survey. They cover
All occupations Manual occupations Non-manual occupations Number employed … … … 5.3 million 2.0 million 3.3 million Average earnings per hour … … … 47.4 pence 38.3 pence 53.0 pence Average hours per week … … … 37.4 hours 38.4 hours 36.9 hours In percentage terms Number employed … … … 100 per cent. 37.5 per cent. 62.5 per cent. Average earnings per hour … … … 100 per cent. 80.8 per cent. 111.6 per cent. Table 48 on page 1143 of the December, 1971, issue of the Department of Employment Gazette gives figures for specific occupational groups and tables 56 and 58 show how individual earnings were distributed around the averages.