§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the earnings gap in manufacturing between Scotland and the United Kingdom, expressed as a percentage, for the period 1960 to the latest available date.
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§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe following information, relating to overall averages, is derived from the regular inquiries into earnings. It is affected by influences such as variations in the pattern of industry and may not therefore give a precise indication of differences in earnings for comparable work.
Men manual workers, 21 years and over, in manufacturing Average weekly earnings in Scotland expressed as a percentage of those in the United Kingdom. April, 1960 87.2 October, 1961 89.7 1962 90.0 1963 89.6 1964 90.6 1965 91.5 1966 94.2 1967 94.9 1968 97.2 1969 97.3 1970 97.2 1971 96.6
§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the average weekly earnings in September, or the nearest available date, of men manual workers aged 21 years and over in manufacturing in the United Kingdom and Scotland; and if he will express Scottish earnings as a percentage of United Kingdom earnings.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkIn October, 1971, the latest date for which information is available, average weekly earnings of men manual workers in manufacturing in the United Kingdom were £31.37. For Scotland the corresponding figure was £30.30; i.e. 96.6 per cent.of the United Kingdom figure.