§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what percentage increases in pay have been received by firemen, dustmen, local government officials, non-industrial civil servants and teachers in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe available estimates of the percentage increases in average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees working a full week covered by the collective agreements identified in the new earnings survey corresponding as far as possible with the groups referred to are set out in the following table.
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April to April 1979–80 1980–1981 1981–1982 1982–1983 1983–1984 Scottish Teachers Salaries Committee-primary and secondary schools males 19.6 37.8 2.6 11.8 2.4 females 19.2 38.3 3.5 11.0 1.8 Notes:
(a) For April 1979 to April 1983, males aged 21 and over and females aged 18 and over: for April 1983 to April 1984, males and females on adult rates.
(b) Changes in average earnings between successive Aprils may reflect changes in the timing of annual pay settlements. Also, changes in average earnings may reflect changes in the composition of employment in terms of grades, etc., and do not necessarily correspond to changes in pay for comparable jobs.