§ Mr. Ronald Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the average weekly earnings, including overtime, of men and women manual workers, normally working full time in all industries and services covered by the half-yearly inquiries carried out by his Department for the years 1950, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1968, the first half of 1970, the second half of 1970, and for 1971.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe available information is set out below:
Men, 21 years and over Women, 18 years and over £ £ April, 1950 7.29 4.01 October, 1950 7.52 4.12 April, 1960 14.10 7.25 October, 1960 14.53 7.4 April, 1964 17.62 8.82 October, 1964 18.11 8.95 April, 1966 20.25 9.97 October, 1966 20.30 10.07 April, 1968 22.26 10.94 October, 1968 23.00 11.30 October, 1970 28.05 13.99 Inquiries were not held in April, 1970 or April, 1971. The results for October, 1971 are not yet available.