§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the average increase in income per head for (a) the industrial worker and (b) the agricultural worker since 1975, taking 1975 as a base index of 100; and if he will express these figures (a) nationally and (b) for East Anglia.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe details in the following table relate to average weekly earnings each April from the new earnings survey.
81WSeparate figures for agriculture and horticulture in East Anglia are not readily available and figures for the nearest available category including agriculture are shown.
Indices of average weekly earnings * of men aged 21 and over in full-time manual employment whose pay was not affected by absence (April 1975=100) April 1975 April 1976 April 1977 April 1978 April 1979 April 1980 Great Britain Index of production industries† 100.0 117.6 129.1 147.2 170.2 201.9 Agriculture, forestry and fishing‡ 100.0 118.9 131.2 150.1 160.1 204.0 Agriculture and horticulture§ 100.0 120.8 134.1 153.2 165.2 212.7 East Anglia Index of production industries† 100.0 117.1 125.6 144.4 174.2 199.5 Agriculture, forestry and fishing‡ 100.0 118.8 136.2 154.3 162.3 216.1 *For agriculture the figures include the reckonable value of benefits in kind such as accommodation and meals as laid down in the appropriate Wages Orders. †Manufacturing, construction, mining and quarrying, gas, electricity and water (Orders II to XXI of the Standard Industrial Classification). ‡Order I of the Standard Industrial Classification. §Minimum list heading 001 of the Standard Industrial Classification.