§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment to what extent public expenditure cuts are affecting the recruitment of factory inspectors.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 12 December 1979]: As a result of the statement on Civil Service manpower
AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS* OF THOSE AGED UNDER 18‡ AS A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE AGED 18 AND OVER April 1970† April 1979 Manual employees Non-manual employees Manual employees Non-manual employees Men … … 36 26 45 34 Women … … 69 46 70 54 Source: New Earnings Survey. * Full-time employees whose earnings were not affected by absence in the survey periods. † Comparable figures are not available prior to this date ‡As the minimum school leaving age was raised to 16 from 1 September 1972, for April 1979 "under 18" will mean 16 and 17 years and for April 1970 "under 18" will mean 15 to 17 years.