§ Mr. Peter Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the ratio, male and female, of under 18-year-old to adult earnings in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy and the United States of America in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonFollowing is the information for Great Britain. I regret that comparable information is not available for the other countries.
Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees under 18 whose pay was not affected by absence as a percentage of the corresponding figure for those aged 18 and over. Males Females April 1977 40 55 April 1978 40 57 April 1979 41 58 April 1980 41 56 April 1981 41 57 Source: New Earnings Survey.