§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if, taking 1970 as a base year, he will publish a table showing for the West Midlands (a) the index of male earnings and (b) the index of male unemployment compared with the national figures for each six-month period to the most recent date.
§ Mr. Golding:Comprehensive regional estimates of average earnings are available only for April, from the new earnings survey. The following index numbers are based on the estimated average gross weekly earnings of full-time men aged 21 and over whose pay for the survey reference pay period was not affected by absence. They are subject to sampling errors.
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West Midlands Great Britain April 1970 100 100 April 1971 108 110 April 1972 120 122 April 1973 137 140 April 1974 154 159 April 1975 189 203 April 1976 223 239 April 1977 247 262 April 1978 277 297 Index numbers of seasonally adjusted unemployed males, excluding school leavers, are:
West Midlands Great Britain 1970 100 100 January to June 1971 129 118 July to December 1971 171 140 January to June 1972 193 148 July to December 1972 169 134 January to June 1973 123 110 July to December 1973 95 91 January to June 1974 104 96 July to December 1974 109* 103† January to June 1975 158‡ 129 July to December 1975 226 168 January to June 1976 261 192 July to December 1976 254* 196* January to June 1977 241 197 July to December 1977 245 205 January to June 1978 234 199 * Average of July to October; figures for November and December not available. † Average of July to November; figures for December not available. ‡Average of February to June; figures for January not available.