§ Mr. Stanleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the average percentage increase in pay settlements known to his Department in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoothNo. There is no requirement for my Department to be comprehensively informed of pay settlements, and any such figures could be misleading.264W The best available information on monthly wage movements lies in the indices of wage rates and earnings produced by my Department.