§ Mr. Brocklebank-Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a
Average weekly earnings All manufacturing industries full-time men manual workers, aged 21 Agriculture hired regular whole-time workers men, aged 20 years and over. Average weekly earnings in the 12 months period General index of retail prices years and over United Kingdom* £ April-March Great Britain† £ 16th January 1962 = 100 October 1964 … … 18.67 April 1964-March 1965 … 12.79 13th October 1964 … 107.9 October 1965 … … 20.16 April 1965-March 1966 … 13.80 12th October 1965 … 113.1 October 1966 … … 20.78 April 1966-March 1967 … 14.55 18th October 1966 … 117.4 October 1967 … … 21.89 Aprill967-March 1968 … 15.24 17th October 1967 … 119.7 October 1968 … … 23.62 April 1968-March 1969 … 16.10 15th October 1968 … 126.4 October 1969 … … 25.54 April 1969-March 1970 … 17.54 21st October 1969 … 133.2 October 1970 … … 28.91 April 1970-March 1971 … 19.18 20th October 1970 … 143.0 October 1971 … … 31.37 April 1971-March 1972 … 21.42 19th October 1971 … 156.4 October 1972 … … 36.20 April 1972-March 1973 … Not yet available 17th October 1972 … 168.7 The changes over the period October 1964-October 1971, using the nearest equivalent dates for the agricultural figures (i.e. the change between the average for April 1964-March 1965 and the average for April 1971-March 1972): were:
All manufacturing industries full-time men manual workers, aged 21 years and over, United Kingdom Agriculture hired-regular whole-time workers, men, aged 20 years and over, Great Britain General index of retail prices +68 per cent. +67.5 per cent. +44.9 per cent. * Since 1970, the regular inquiry into the earnings of manual workers in manufacturing and certain other industries has been held in Octobers only. † Earnings for the year April-March in agriculture do not reflect the full effect of Agricultural Wages Board awards effective earlier that year. Earnings in the quarter ending September 1972 for agricultural workers were £24.51.