HC Deb 31 October 1984 vol 65 c990W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the increase in earnings between 1970 and the latest available date of (a) manual and (b) all workers in the motor vehicle and components industry compared to (i) all workers and (ii) manufacturing workers; and if he will provide similiar figures for working hours.

Mr. Alan Clark

The following table sets out the available information in respect of adult men working a full week for the period between April 1970 and April 1984.

Percentage change
Average gross weekly earnings Average weekly hours
Full-time adult males in:*
Motor vehicles and parts
Manual males +405 +1.9
All males +434 +1.7
Manufacturing industries All males +483 -2.3
All industries and services All males +504 -3.9
* Males aged 21 and over. Figures for April 1984 based on males on adult rates have been adjusted to a comparable basis.
Minimum list heading 381 of the 1968 standard industrial classification. Figures for April 1984 based on the 1980 standard industrial classification have been adjusted to a comparable basis.
Including overtime and bonus payments.
Including overtime hours.

Changes in relative average earnings and hours may reflect changes in the composition of employment in terms of occupations, grades, and so on, and do not necessarily reflect corresponding changes in relative rates of pay or normal basic hours for comparable jobs.