HC Deb 21 July 1982 vol 28 cc163-4W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage increase between the second quarter of 1979 and the latest available figures in (a) earnings per week and (b) earnings per hour of (i) full-time manual male workers in manufacturing and (ii) all other full-time male workers excluding the public sector.

Mr. Alison

The available information is as follows:

Percentage increase in average gross earnings of employees whose pay was not affected by absence between April 1979 and April 1981
Weekly earnings Hourly earnings
Full-time manual men aged 21 and over in manufacturing 27.4 34.4
All other fall-time men aged 21 and over, excluding those in the public sector 37.8 40.5

Source: New Earnings Survey