§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Paymaster General what were the average gross male industrial earnings in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe latest figures for the United Kingdom are as follows:
Average gross weekly earnings (£) of full-time adult male employees* in manufacturing industry† April Aged 21 and over On adult rates 1980 124.1 — 1981 136.9 — 1982 152.3 — 1983 162.9 160.8 1984 — 176.5 Source: New Earnings Survey: Department of Employment, Department of Economic Development (Northern Ireland).
Notes:
* Working a full week.
† Orders III to XIX of Standard Industrial Classification, 1968, for 1980 to 1982, and divisions 2 to 4 of Standard Industrial Classification, 1980 for 1983 to 1984.
Figures for April 1985 for the United Kingdom are not yet available, although figures for Great Britain are published in table 5.6 of Employment Gazette, November 1985, a copy of which is in the Library.