Farm Wages and Incomes

HC Deb 22 February 1983 vol 37 cc427-8W

Sir Peter Mills

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing movements in agricultural wages and farming income in real terms since 1975.

Mr. Peter Walker

The information is as follows:

Year	Index of average weekly earnings of farm workers* in real terms†	Index of farming income in real terms†
	1975=100
1975	100	100
1976	101	111
1977	94	94
1978	98	85
1979	101	68
1980	102	52
1981	102	58
1982 (forecast)	104	77
* Regular whole-time hired male workers, 20 years of age and above. United Kingdom.
† Current values deflated by the general index of retail prices (RPI) for all items.