§ Mr. Michael McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of the number of adults in whole-time employment whose gross cash earnings are between (a) £40 to £50 per week, (b) £51 to £60 per week, (c) £61 to £70 per week, (d) £71 to £80 per week, (e) £81 to £90 per week, (f) £91 to £100 per week, (g) £101 to £110 per week, (h) £110 to £120 per week, (i) £121 to £130 per week and (j) £131 to £140 per week; what proportion of the working population, expressed as a percentage, is represented by each wage band; and what is the present assumed average wage.
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§ Mr. GoldingThe following estimates are based on the new earnings survey and are subject to sampling error. They relate to April 1978 and take no account of subsequent increases in earnings. They relate to full-time employees aged 18 and over at 1 January 1978 whose pay for the April reference pay period was not affected by absence. Consequently they take no account of those who were paid for only part of that pay-period or received no pay at all for the period. The estimated numbers in each range of earnings have been expressed as a percentage of all full time employees whose pay for the period was not affected by absence. It would not be meaningful to express them as a prcentage of the working population, including self-employed HM Forces, young persons, part-time workers, full-time workers whose pay was affected by absence and those not at work.
The overall average weekly earnings of all full-time male and female employees aged 18 and over whose pay for the April pay-period was not affected by absence were £78.10.
ESTIMATED NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF FULL-TIME ADULT EMPLOYEES, WHOSE PAY WAS NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE, WITH GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS IN SPECIFIED RANGES, APRIL 1978. Weekly earnings (£40–£50 means £40 or more but less than £50) Number (millions) Percentage £40 to £50 1.8 11.6 £50 to£60 2.3 14.7 £60 to£70 2.2 14.3 £70 to£80 2.0 13.0 £80 to£90 1.7 11.3 £90 to £100 1.3 8.5 £100 to £110 0.9 5.7 £110 to £120 0.7 4.3 £120 to £130 0.4 2.7 £130 to £140 0.3 1.9