HC Deb 26 March 1980 vol 981 c563W
Mr. Frank R. White

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average number of hours worked per week by male and female workers, respectively, in Wales, Scotland, and all the regions of England for the last five years.

AVERAGE TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS* WORKED BY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES† WHOSE PAY WAS NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE
April 1975 April 1976 April 1977 April 1978 April 1979
Full-time men aged 21 and over
South East 42.6 42.3 42.5 42.6 42.8
East Anglia 43.5 43.0 43.4 43.6 43.7
South West 42.5 42.1 42.1 42.5 42.5
West Midlands 42.7 42.6 43.1 43.0 43.1
East Midlands 43.2 43.0 43.3 43.6 43.5
Yorkshire and Humberside 43.3 43.0 43.4 43.7 43.8
North West 42.9 42.9 43.2 43.3 43.3
North 43.2 43.2 43.4 43.7 43.6
England 42.8 42.6 42.9 43.0 43.2
Wales 42.8 42.5 43.0 42.9 43.3
Scotland 43.9 43.5 43.6 44.0 44.0
Great Britain 43.0 42.7 43.0 43.1 43.2
Full-time women aged 18 and over
South East 37.1 37.0 37.3 37.3 37.4
East Anglia 37.2 37.1 37.7 37.3 38.0
South West 37.3 37.3 37.0 37.2 37.3
West Midlands 37.5 37.1 37.4 37.4 37.3
East Midlands 37.6 37.4 37.6 37.7 37.8
Yorkshire and Humberside 37.5 37.3 37.5 37.5 37.4
North West 37.5 37.4 37.5 37.6 37.6
North 37.5 37.4 37.5 37.7 37.6
England 37.3 37.2 37.4 37.4 37.5
Wales 37.9 37.7 37.7 37.9 37.5
Scotland 38.0 37.9 37.9 38.0 38.0
Great Britain 37.4 37.3 37.5 37.5 37.5
* Normal basic hours plus overtime hours when subject to overtime payments.
† Employees with normal basic hours of 30 hours or more or, exceptionally, for less than 30 hours where an employee is regarded as full-time—for example, teachers. Employees—mainly non.manual—without specified normal basic hours are not included in calculating the average.

Source: New Earnings Survey.