§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state for the last year for which figures are available the level of average weekly earnings for males and females, respectively, in work in the United Kingdom and the corresponding figure for Scotland, Wales and each of the standard regions in England and for Cornwall; and if he will also express these figures as a percentage of the United Kingdom figures.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following table sets out the information at present available from the "New Earnings Survey" for 1981. The level of average weekly earnings for each area is expressed as a percentage of the average for Great Britain.
Average gross weekly earnings in April 1981 of full-time employees whose pay was not affected by absence *Males aged 21 and over *Females aged 18 and over £ As a percentage of Great Britain £ As a percentage of Great Britain average average Great Britain 140.5 100 91.4 100 Scotland 140.0 99.6 87.1 95.3 Wales 132.7 94.4 87.5 95.7 England South-East 152.4 108.5 99.6 109.0 East Anglia 133.7 95.2 87.2 95.4 South-West 132.6 94.4 87.2 95.4 Cornwall 118.1 84.1 82.3 90.0 West Midlands 131.5 93.6 86.7 94.9 East Midlands 133.6 95.1 84.6 92.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 133.6 95.1 85.6 93.7 North-West 136.5 97.2 88.4 96.7 North 134.7 95.9 88.0 96.3 * Separate figures for manual and for non-manual employees for the standard regions of Great Britain were published in part A of the 1981 report, tables 12 and 13. Source:
"New Earnings Survey 1981"
Note:
Differences in average earnings between areas will reflect any differences in the structure of industry and occupations, and do not necessarily indicate differences in rates of pay for comparable jobs.