§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give figures to show the average income of those in employment in 1980; and if he will express the average in terms of modality.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonEstimates of average annual total income from employment of those in employment in 1980 are not currently available. However, the average income from employment in April 1980, as reported in the "New Earnings Survey", was:
Average weekly earnings of those in full-time employment whose pay was not affected by absence* £ Men aged 21 and over 124.5 Women aged 18 and over 78.8 * Multiplying average weekly earnings by 52 will not give a precise measure of the annual rate of earnings because there are frequently fluctuations in the rate of pay during a year, for example because of absence from work or the level of overtime working. Expressing the distribution of average weekly earnings in April 1980 in bands of £10, the modal range—the range containing the highest proportion of employees—for men aged 21 and over was £100 to £109 and for women aged 18 and over from £60 to £69.