HC Deb 24 July 1975 vol 896 cc288-9W
Mr. MacFarquhar

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) taking the Standard Industrial Classification, broken down under subheads, for the last 12-month period for which figures are available, for Great Britain, what were the average number of hours worked in each category;

(2) taking the Standard Industrial Classification, broken down under subheads, for the last 12-month period for which figures are available, for Great Britain, what were the average weekly wages in each category;

(3) taking the Standard Industrial Classification, broken down under subheads, for the last 12-month period for which figures are available, for Great Britain, what were the percentage rises in wages over the previous 12 months in each category.

Mr. Booth

I refer my hon. Friend to tables 4 to 7 of the New Earnings Survey results for full-time manual and non-manual men and women for a pay-period in April 1974 published in my Department'sGazette November 1974, pages 995–9.