§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for the average weekly earnings of (a) women, (b) men, (c) lone mothers, (d) lone fathers, (e) heads of two-parent families, (f) married women with dependant children, and (g) married women without dependant children.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe latest available information on average weekly earnings is as follows:
New Earnings Survey Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees whose pay was not affected by absence Women* £
Men† £
April 1979 63.0 101.4 April 1980 78.8 124.5 April 1981‡ 88.9 141.3 Notes: * Aged 18 and over. † Aged 21 and over. ‡ Provisional estimate based on survey results for April 1980 extrapolated by the trend of average earnings shown in the monthly index of average earnings.
Family Expenditure Survey Weekly averages during 1979 Wages and salaries per head of household* Total income per head of household† Households consisting of: One adult with children‡ 32.1 76.1 Two adults with children 92.9 113.8 Notes: * Covering both full and part-time employment and those not employed. † Including social security benefits, investment income and imputed rent from owner occupation. ‡ The amounts shown include those attributable to children and absent parents. Comparable information from the Family Expenditure Survey for 1980 will become available during September 1981.