§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the annual rise in average earnings since 1974.
§ Mr. AlisonThe available information from the New Earnings Survey is as follows:
Percentage increase between successive Aprils in average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees whose pay was not affected by absence Men aged 21and over Women aged18 and over 1974–75 27.4 38.9 1975–76 18.1 23.4 1976–77 9.5 10–3 1977–78 13.2 10.7 1978–79 13.7 11.8 1979–80 22.4 24.8 1980–81 13.3 16.5 1981–82 9.8 8.3 Source:New Earnings Survey (complete samples).