§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many
COALMINING—lowest grade for surface worker. National standard rates of wages for a full week, with operative dates Estimated average value of allowances in kind for adult male manual workers in coal mining for the week ending shown 3rd November 1969: £15.00 at 21 years of age and over 11th October 1969: £1.65 1st November 1970: £18 .00 at 21 years of age and over 10th October 1970: £2.03 1st November 1971: £23.00 at 20 years of age and over 9th October 1971: £2.13 1st April 1973: £25.29 at 19 years of age and over 14th October 1972: £2.54 1st March 1974: £32.00 at 18 years of age and over 13th October 1973: £2.64 May to February 1975—additional payments under threshold agreements, rising to £4.40 a week by November 1974 12th October 1974: £2.80 1st March 1975: £41, including consolidation of threshold payments, plus £2.90 national production bonus, assessable quarterly. 20W
AGRICULTURE—Rates laid down by the Agriculture Wages Boards. England and Wales—other workers, men, 20 years and over. Minimum weekly rates of wages, with operative dates Estimated average weekly payments in kind to hired regular whole-time male adult agricultural workers in the year 2nd February 1970: £13.15 for 43 hours … … … … … 1970: 37p 4th January 1971: £14.80 for 42 hours … … … … … 1971: 34p 17th January 1972: £16.20 for 42 hours … … … … … 1972: 51p 1st April 1973: £19.50 for 42 hours … … … … … 1973: 50p 22nd January 1974: £21 .80 for 40 hours … … … … … 1974: 54p May to January 1975—additional payments under threshold agreements rising to £4£40 a week by November 1974. 20th January 1975: £28.50 including consolidation of threshold payments. employees in 1974 received gross weekly earnings of £30 per week or less; how many of these were women or aged under 21 years; and what percentage of all full-time employees this figure represents.
§ Mr. BoothFrom the results of the New Earnings Survey it is estimated that about 5.8 million full-time employees who were employed in Great Britain and whose pay was not affected by absence had gross weekly earnings of less than £30 per week in April 1974. These represented about 34 per cent. of all such employees. Of the total, about 2.9 million were females aged 21 or over, about 1 million were females aged under 21 and about 0.7 million were males aged under 21.