§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will bring up to date the information on gross weekly earnings in columns 757–58 of the Official Report, 14 March; and if he will provide a cumulative figure from April 1975 to date.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe latest information is as follows:
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Average gross weekly earnings of adults in full-time employment whore pay was not affected by absence Increases* between April 1979 and April 1980 April 1975 and April 1980 Per cent Per cent Full-time men aged 21 and over: South East 23.4 106.1 East Anglia 21.0 106.4 South West 25.2 106.2 West Midlands 20.5 102.4 East Midlands 21.3 101.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 19.7 103.1 North West 21.6 104.4 North 20.3 98.7 England 22.4 104.8 Wales 22.0 101.9 Scotland 21.4 104.1 Great Britain 22.4 104.8 Full-time women aged 18 and over: South East 26.1 110.7 East Anglia 24.2 113.8 South West 25.1 110.6 West Midlands 23.3 114.8 East Midlands 21.3 107.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 23.7 106.2
Average gross weekly earnings of adults in full-time employment whose pay was not affected by absence Increases* between April 1979 and April 1980 April 1975 and April 1980 Per cent Per cent North West 23.5 110.3 North 26.5 111.3 England 25.0 110.9 Wales 22.9 110.6 Scotland 23.8 108.1 Great Britain 24.8 110.7 * Based on complete samples in the new earnings surveys. Differences in the rate of increase in average earnings between areas will reflect differences in the structure of industry and employment, including the incidence of overtime working, and do not necessarily imply equivalent differences in rates of pay for comparable jobs.