§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of full-time working (a) males and (b) females aged 21 years and over in each of the counties of Wales and for each of the standard economic regions of the United Kingdom in the following gross weekly earnings bands: (i) under £40, (ii) £41 to £50, (iii) £51 to £60, (iv) £61 to £70, (v) £71 to £80, (vi) £81 to £90, (vii) £91 to £100, (viii) £101 to £110, (ix) £111 to £120, (x) £121 to £130, (xi) £131 to £140, (xii) £141 to £150 and (xiii) over £150.
§ Mr. AlisonThe precise information requested is not available. However, some details on the distribution of gross weekly earnings for full-time men aged 21 and over, and full-time women aged 18 and over, for the 1 per cent. sample of employees covered in the new earnings survey are published in the reports on the new earnings survey, copies of which are in the Library. Table 114 in part E of the 1981 report gives figures for the standard economic regions of Great Britain, and tables 108 to 113 give figures for individual Welsh counties. The size of the sample limits the degree to which reliable figures can be given for narrow bands of earnings.