§ Mr. Gwynoro Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average weekly total earnings in each county in Wales, with figures for males and females.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasThere are no reliable figures for males and females separately. The figures of total earnings —which includes pensions as well as wages and salaries—for adults as a whole for 1969–70 are as follows:
Employment income (Schedule E) £ per week Anglesey … … 21.72 Breconshire … … 19.23 Caernarvonshire … … 19.03 Cardiganshire … … 18.39 Carmarthenshire … … 20.80 Denbighshire … … 20.66 Flintshire … … 22.06 Glamorgan … … 21.61 Merioneth … … 19.47 Monmouthshire … … 22.58 Montgomeryshire … … 18.70 Pembrokeshire … … 20.41 Radnorshire … … 16.02 The figures above are derived from the, as yet unpublished, Survey of Personal Incomes for 1969–70 carried out by the Inland Revenue. That survey was the first one where taxpayers were classified regionally by the place of residence and consequently the figures are not strictly comparable with those of earlier surveys. There have of course been substantial increases in earnings since the collection of the information.