§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for the following age groups (a) 16 to 21 years, (b) 21 to 25 years and (c) 25 to 30 years, the average wage for those engaged in full-time employment for each year since 1964.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following available information for April in each of 1970, 1974, 1975 is obtained from the New Earnings Survey. It relates to average 155W gross weekly earnings of full-time employee in Great Britain whose pay for
April 1970 April 1974 April 1975 Age Group Males Females Males Females Males Females £ £ £ £ £ £ Under 21 … 14.10 10.70 25.10 19.00 33.40 26.50 21–24 … 24.00 15.70 38.60 25.90 49.20 35.80 25–29 … 28.30 17.70 46.00 29.00 58.10 40.50 The estimates are given to the nearest 10p and are subject to sampling error.