§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the average earnings of male manual workers and non-manual workers, respectively, in England in 1973–74.
§ Mr. BoothThe New Earnings Survey estimates of the average gross weekly 277W earnings of full-time men aged 21 and over in England whose pay for the survey reference period was not affected by absence are:
April 1973 April 1974 Manual men £38.20 £43.70 Non-manual men £48.40 £54.80 These estimates are subject to sampling errors and are given to the nearest 10p.