§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the average earnings of car industry employees, agricultural workers and retail workers, respectively; and what would be the increase in gross income of each of those groups of wage increases of 5 per cent. and 17 per cent., respectively.
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§ Mr. Golding:The following results of the New Earnings Survey relate to the average gross weekly earnings in April 1978 of full-time men aged 21 and over
Motor vehicle manufacturing Agriculture and horticulture Retail distribution £ £ £ Manual men … … … 90.70 62.50 65.50 Non-manual men … … … 105.60 * 79.70 Manual women … … … 65.60 * 44.10 Non-manual women … … … 58.60 * 43.40 These figures are given to the nearest l0p and are subject to sampling error. * The number of workers covered by the returns was too small to provide a sufficient reliable estimate.
After increases of 5 per cent, and 17 per cent, the averages would be: Motor vehicle manufacturing Increases of Agriculture and horticulture Increases of Retail distribution Increases of 5.0 17.0 5.0 17.0 5.0 17.0 per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent per cent. £ £ £ £ £ £ Manual men … 95.20 106.10 65.60 73.10 68.80 76.60 Non-manual men … 110.90 123.60 — — 83.70 93.20 Manual women … 68.90 76.80 — — 46.30 51.60 Non-manual women … 61.50 68.60 — — 45.60 50.80