§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report details showing the average wage of males and females, respectively, in each of the regions of the United Kingdom at the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. Golding:The following results from the new earnings survey in Great Britain relate to April 1978 and to men aged 21 and over and women aged 18 and over in full-time employment in the specified regions whose earnings for the survey reference pay periods were not affected by absence. The estimates relate to their gross earnings, per week of their pay periods, including overtime, bonuses and other additional payments. They reflect differences in industrial and occupational structures between regions rather than differences in earnings for comparable work.
AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS APRIL 1978 Full-time adults whose pay was not affected by absence in the survey reference period. Region Full-time men aged 21 and over Full-time women aged 18 and over £ £ England 89.30 56.70 South-East 95.30 61.10 East Anglia 82.60 53.50 South-West 82.50 53.60 West Midlands 85.70 54.90 East Midlands 85.40 52.50 Yorkshire and Humberside 86.10 52.90 North-West 87.10 54.40 North 88.40 54.40 Wales 86.10 53.90 Scotland 88.50 54.60 Great Britain 89.10 56.40 Northern Ireland Not yet available These figures are rounded to the nearest l0p and are subject to sampling errors.