§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has considered the effect on average earnings in manufacturing of the differential loss
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Males Duration of unemployment in weeks 16 17 18 19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65 and over Total One or less 3 4 2 2 15 15 8 5 8 4 3 9 4 0 82 Over 1 and up to 2 4 6 2 6 14 13 13 7 2 7 4 4 3 0 85 Over 2 and up to 4 3 7 2 7 21 14 12 8 8 5 2 9 6 0 104 Over 4 and up to 6 3 14 15 10 38 22 10 14 9 9 7 12 6 0 169 Over 6 and up to 8 9 5 4 10 22 15 14 13 9 6 3 6 1 0 117 Over 8 and up to 13 5 12 12 11 41 34 24 13 16 22 13 10 10 0 223 Over 13 and up to 26 12 25 30 28 93 51 64 31 18 40 37 35 37 0 501 Over 26 and up to 39 1 9 13 9 40 33 34 19 23 27 13 29 12 0 262 Over 39 and up to 52 1 12 12 4 40 35 24 13 19 12 12 13 16 0 204 Over 52 and up to 65 0 0 7 10 33 17 14 17 14 18 21 18 8 0 177 Over 65 and up to 78 0 3 6 3 29 22 16 13 12 15 7 14 1 0 141 Over 78 and up to 104 0 0 6 8 30 28 24 17 17 19 26 14 2 0 191 Over 104 and up to 156 0 0 0 6 36 33 34 17 18 18 31 46 5 0 244 Over 156 and up to 208 0 0 0 2 23 21 27 15 13 13 23 25 2 0 164 Over 208 and up to 260 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 6 9 3 11 7 1 0 51 of employment in different branches of the industry, particularly in the low wage industries; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the effect of this in each quarter since the beginning of 1982.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkChanges in the relative numbers of employees in the different industry groups within manufacturing used to compile the index of average earnings had a negligible effect (less than 0.1 per cent.) on the change in the index between January 1982 and January 1984.