HC Deb 30 March 1976 vol 908 cc440-1W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing average weekly earnings in agriculture, retailing and catering as a percentage of average manual earnings in 1960, 1965, 1970 and 1975.

Mr. Booth

Information is not available for 1960 and 1965. The following estimates for 1970 and 1975 are based on analyses by industry of New Earnings

AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS OF FULL-TIME MANUAL MEN AS PERCENTAGE OF THE CORRESPONDING AVERAGE FOR ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES
Industry MLH of SIC April 1970 April 1975
Agriculture and horticulture … … … 001 70.5 73.2
Retail distribution … … … 820–1 82.1 82.6
Catering … … … 884–8 69.4 75.0

The estimates are subject to sampling error.