§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what were the figures for average gross weekly earnings of (a) full-time manual men over 21 years and (b) full-time employees, men and women, in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) England, for each year since 1978; and if he will express the figures for Scotland, Wales and England as percentages of the figures for Great Britain.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following figures are taken from the reports on the "New Earnings Survey" and relate to April each year.
Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees whose pay was not affected by absence in the survey period Manual men aged 21 and over All men aged 21 and over All women aged 18 and over £ As percentage of Great Britain average £ As percentage of Great Britain average £ As percentage of Great Britain Scotland 1978 81.4 100.9 88.5 99.3 54.6 96.8 1979 93.6 100.6 101.2 99.8 60.4 95.9 1980 112.2 100.4 123.1 98.9 74.7 94.8 1981 124.8 102.4 140.0 99.6 87.1 95.3 Wales 1978 80.9 100.2 86.1 96.6 53.9 95.6 1979 94.1 101.2 97.2 96.3 61.4 97.5 1980 111.3 99.6 119.1 95.7 75.4 95.7 1981 120.3 98.7 132.7 94.4 87.5 95.7 England 1978 80.6 99.9 89.3 100.2 56.7 100.5 1979 92.9 99.9 101.6 100.2 63.5 100.8 1980 111.4 99.7 124.7 100.2 79.5 100.9 1981 121.6 99.8 141.0 100.4 92.1 100.8 Source: Tables 12 and 13 of Part A of the reports on the "New Earnings Survey" 1978 to 1981.