§ Mr. Leightonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how the movement of pay in the wages council sector has changed over the last 10 years as a proportion of the national average.
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Expenditure on Department of Employment group training and employment measures 1974–75 to 1983–84 £000 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Industrial Training Boards (ITBs) 11,491 22,354 36,067 50,496 57,636 53,318 47,714 57,690 62,762 42,422 Training Opportunities Scheme (TOPS) 63,367 101,834 155,277 172,773 172,771 192,147 204,769 197,665 199,909 219,965 Direct Training Services (DTS) Expenditure figures for these services are not available Open Tech — — — — — — — — 40 4,228 Work Experience Programme (WEP) — — 628 12,838 — — — — — — Youth Opportunities Programme (YOP) — — — — 57,009 115,778 214,734 397,041 521,360 316,969 Youth Training Scheme (YTS) — — — — — — — — — 376,529
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information required is set out in the following table:
All Wages Boards and Councils* £
All industries and services £
All Wages Boards and Councils as a percentage of ail industries and services per cent. 1974 30.6 41.7 73 1984 104.6 160.1 65 * Includes Agricultural Wages Boards. SourceNew Earnings Survey.
NotesFigures in columns 1 and 2 above are average gross weekly earnings of full-time men aged 21 years and over and full-time women aged 18 years and over, whose pay is unaffected by absence.