HC Deb 22 March 1984 vol 56 cc555-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has considered the effect on average earnings in manufacturing of the differential loss

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 Clark

Changes 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.