§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average weekly wage, while in work, of those persons who became unemployed during 1980.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonInformation on the previous earnings of those becoming unemployed is not regularly 189W compiled. However, a special study by the Department of Health and Social Security of a sample of men registered as unemployed and claiming benefit in autumn 1978 showed that the average gross weekly wage from their last full-time job was £70. compared with average weekly earnings of all men in full-time employment in April 1978 of £86.