§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list at the latest available date average full-time earnings, per region, as a percentage of national average male full-time earnings.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe following table relates to April 1984 and is based on the average gross weekly earnings of full-time adult male employees working a full week.
Region Percentage of average gross weekly earnings in Great Britain South East 110.9 East Anglia 93.3 South West 92.9 West Midlands 93.4 East Midlands 92.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 93.6 North West 96.1 North 93.7 Wales 92.7 Scotland 99.9 Great Britain 100.0 Source: New earnings survey 1984.
Differences in average earnings will reflect differences in the industrial and occupational structure of employment in differnet regions and do not necessarily imply similar differences in rates of pay for comparable jobs.