§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees in 1973 received average gross weekly earnings of £25 a week or less; and how many of these were women or aged under 21 years.
§ Mr. BoothI have been asked to reply.
The New Earnings Survey estimates of numbers of full-time employees with gross weekly earnings of under £25 in April 1973, excluding those whose pay for the survey reference period was affected by absence, are:
million Males Females All ages 1.8 3.8 Under 21 0.7 1.0