§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT (i) the proportion of all wages council settlements arrived at through a vote being taken in the council for each year since 1969, and (ii) the total number of settlements in each year since 1969.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe proceedings of wages councils are confidential to the councils and it would be necessary to seek their permission to disclose this information; this and extraction from councils' proceedings would entail a disproportionate amount of work.
Figures readily available are of wages regulation orders made following settlements. The information is as follows:
1969 42 1970 71 1971 55 1972 64 1973 58 1974 (to 14th November 1974) 93 This last includes separate orders made to give effect to threshold agreements.