HC Deb 07 November 1980 vol 991 cc682-3W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will bring up to date the tables circulated in the Official Report on 14 March, columns 755–56, in answer to a question from the hon. Member for Norfolk, North (Mr. Howell).

Mr. Jim Lester

The following table incorporates the latest figures for June 1980. As before, it should be noted that relative changes in average weekly earnings between different occupational

AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS OF SKILLED ADULT MALE MANUAL WORKERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE EARNINGS OF ADULT MALE LABOURERS IN CERTAIN BROAD SECTORS OF ENGINEERING
Year Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering
(June) Time workers Payment-by-results workers Time workers Payment-by-results workers
1963 … … … 139.0 134.0 139.4 131.3
1964 … … … 136.9 137.8 139.1 128.4
1965 … … … 137.9 138.3 141.6 132.0
1966 … … … 138.8 138.4 142.3 132.3
1967 … … … 139.2 138.9 141.7 135.3
1968 … … … 137.2 136.7 141.0 135.4
1969 … … … 139.3 136.2 144.1 143.9
1970 … … … 134.8 135.5 138.3 137.4
1971 … … … 133.0 134.8 139.6 136.8
1972 … … … 134.1 133.0 138.8 129.6
1973 … … … 131.6 132.6 132.8 136.1
1974 … … … 130.8 127.3 132.7 136.1
1975 … … … 127.4 123.6 134.6 132.0
1976 … … … 127.0 122.3 130.0 127.3
1977 … … … 127.0 125.1 128.1 127.4
1978 … … … 127.4 123.4 131.5 128.0
1979 … … … 130.4 126.0 134.8 118.8
1980 … … … 132.7 125.0 132.3 125.6

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Aerospace Equipment Manufacturing and Repairing
(June) Timeworkers Payment-by-results workers Timeworkers Payment-by-results workers
1963 … … … 136.9 140.1 141.6 157.9
1964 … … … 140.4 140.1 142.9 141.2
1965 … … … 133.5 144.8 139.0 140.9
1966 … … … 140.7 142.5 140.2 141.3
1967 … … … 145.0 144.6 142.0 142.3
1968 … … … 141.0 148.7 140.3 156.7
1969 … … … 140.5 142.5 142.5 148.2
1970 … … … 142.0 139.0 143.7 133.6
1971 … … … 135.3 146.5 147.7 140.4
1972 … … … 134.4 142.3 143.0 137.1
1973 … … … 132.6 138.4 139.6 131.1
1974 … … … 128.8 140.8 137.3 141.1
1975 … … … 123.2 124.9 130.5 132.8
1976 … … … 121.0 129.3 129.0 130.4
1977 … … … 121.8 127.5 128.9 127.5
1978 … … … 121.0 123.7 130.8 130.4
1979 … … … 117.6 121.4 131.3 131.1
1980 … … … 126.8 127.2 133.4 139.7