HC Deb 16 March 1976 vol 907 cc480-1W
33. Mr. MacGregor

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage of all wage settlements since 1st August 1975 to the latest available date have been agreed at the maximum £6 per week limit, giving the figures for the public and private sectors separately.

Mr. Booth

Some 6½ million employees are covered by major settlements known to my Department since 1st August 1975. I estimate that some 96 per cent., 3.6 million in the public sector and 2.6 million in the private sector, have negotiated increases at or just below £6 or its equivalent for juveniles and part-timers. The remainder, all in the private sector, have settled for £5.50 or less. Some 1¼ million employees, mostly in the private sector, are covered by wages council proposals for increases in statutory minimum remuneration of £6 or just below and 2,000 employees by proposals for £5.50 or less.

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