§ Mr. Boscawenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the annual percentage increase in wages and salaries to the nearest convenient date, taking January, 1947, as 100.
§ Mr. BryanInformation on the increase in average earnings of all wage and salary earnings since January, 1947, is not available. In the 25 years from October, 1946, to October, 1971, the average annual percentage increase in the average weekly earnings of full-time manual workers covered by the Department's regular inquiries was 6.9 per cent.