§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the average earnings in manufacturing industry for a 40-hour week.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkInformation in this particular form is not available.256W Estimates of average gross weekly earnings, excluding the effect of overtime pay, for full-time workers whose pay for the week surveyed was not affected by absence are available for April each year from the New Earnings Survey. The April 1972 estimate for such full-time manual men aged 21 and over was £29.6 for 40.1 hours. April 1973 estimates are of course not yet available.