§ Mr. Andersonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the gross weekly earnings of workers in each of the standard economic regions in 1979 as a percentage of the United Kingdom average and at the latest available date; and by what proportion these percentages have changed.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe available information relates to the average gross weekly earnings of full-time adult employees working a full week. The figures for each standard economic region are expressed as a percentage of those for the United Kingdom.
Length of time with Department Number of letters without substantive replies as at April 10 Eight weeks nil Ten weeks nil Over twelve weeks nil At 10 April the total number of letters from MPs awaiting a substantive reply was 486