§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he will give for the latest and most convenient date the number of civil servants who were receiving wages below the national average wage level.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe average basic wage level in Great Britain in April676W 1977, excluding overtime, productivity, incentive and other supplementary payments, was £60 a week for adults aged 18 or over in full-time employment. On 1st April 1977, about 475,000 out of the 746,000 civil servants—nearly two in three—had a basic wage rate below £60.