Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest convenient figures for comparisons of average wages in the Greater London area and the Greater Manchester area.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following new earnings survey estimates of average gross weekly earnings in April 1978 relate to full-time men aged 21 and over and women aged 18 and over employed within the specified areas whose pay for the survey reference pay period was not affected by absence. They are rounded to the nearest 10p and are subject to sampling errors. Inter-area differences440W in occupational and industrial structures and of special London allowances. They do not indicate differences in pay for comparable work.
Greater London Greater Manchester £ £ Men aged 21 and over all occupations 101.00 86.00 non-manual occupations 113.90 97.30 manual occupations 84.40 78.40 Women aged 18 and over all occupations 65.30 54.00 non-manual occupations 68.00 57.30 manual occupations 54.40 47.80