HC Deb 17 July 1979 vol 970 cc446-7W
38. Mr. Whitney

asked the Secretary of State for Employment, on the basis of the latest figures available, what are the current annual rates of increase in the average industrial wage, the retail price index and industrial output.

Mr. Jim Lester

The latest annual rates of increase are 13.5 per cent. for average earnings, 10-3 per cent. for retail prices and 3.6 per cent. for industrial production. The earnings and production figures—which are provisional—relate to April and the prices figure to May.

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