§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Prime Minister what is her policy as Minister for the Civil Service on the use of offers of immunity from prosecution in the course of leak investigations involving civil servants.
Average weekly earnings* Great Britain—April of each year National Agreement Men/Women 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 [...]1985 Percentage variation† from the mean‡for employees covered by five specified pay agreements 1. Teaching, England and Wales: Burnham Committee, primary, secondary and special schools Men +8.5 0.0 +0.7 +2.7 +1.0 +5.5 +6.4 +6.6 +7.0 -0.2 -9.7 +6.0 +1.1 0.0 -1.3 -0.9 Women +15.0 +8.1 +8.7 +13.0 +13.3 +15.8 +18.5 +18.6 +20.2 +11.9 +2.2 +18.2 +11.5 +8.4 +7.7 +7.4 2. Civil Service National Whitley Council, Administration Group: middle and higher grades Men +29.0 +25.7 +26.5 +16.9 +31.9 +9.9 +16.1 +15.4 +18.8 +16.3 +22.1 +12.8 +10.0 +8.9 +9.6 +8.2 Women +36.4 +26.6 +32.4 +19.9 +34.4 +7.7 +12.3 +15.0 +17.9 +17.3 +26.6 +10.9 +12.0 +9.3 +9.8 +7.4 3. National Health Service nurses and midwifery Staff Men -29.0 -27.9 -31.3 -33.9 -36.7 -15.6 -21.8 -20.9 -25.2 -23.3 -18.0 -21.0 -23.4 -23.4 -26.7 -24.7 Women -27.3 -23.6 -25.2 -27.1 -31.5 -11.8 -16.2 -15.7 -21.0 -20.0 -18.0 -20.0 -21.5 -20.3 -23.6 -21.9 4. Local authorities (England and Wales), administrative, professional, technical and clerical Men -2.7 +4.1 +0.5 +3.1 +1.9 -3.5 -4.2 -1.5 -3.9 -4.6 -6.1 -4.2 -2.8 -5.6 -6.5 -7.3 Women -26.5 -19.9 -19.7 -16.9 -21.1 -20.1 -22.9 -16.9 -18.2 -18.9 -19.4 -18.9 -18.1 -20.1 -20.0 -19.8 5. Police service (ranks below superintendent only) Men -6.3 -1.4 +4.1 +10.9 +2.3 +3.6 +3.5 +0.2 +3.2 +11.6 +11.7 +6.4 +15.1 +20.1 +24.9 +24.7 Women +2.0 +9.2 +4.5 +11.7 +5.5 +8.5 +8.4 -1.3 +1.2 +9.6 +8.8 +9.9 +16.2 +22.8 +26.0 +27.0 (b)Unweighted mean of average earnings for the agreements specified above £/week Average weekly earnings—current prices Men 33.1 36.2 41.5 44.9 51.8 68.7 84.0 88.2 95.7 106.5 138.5 161.3 171.4 187.0 198.4 210.3 Women 25.3 27.1 30.9 33.2 38.4 51.8 64.3 68.2 73.7 82.6 106.6 124.7 134.2 149.4 157.9 167.5 Average weekly earnings—April 1970 prices[...] Men 33.1 33.1 35.6 35.3 35.4 38.6 39.7 35.5 35.7 36.0 38.5 40.0 38.9 40.8 41.1 40.8 Women 25.3 24.7 26.5 26.1 26.2 29.1 30.4 27.4 27.5 28.0 29.6 30.9 30.4 32.6 32.7 32.5 Source: New Earnings Surveys 1970 to 1985 inclusive. Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
* For employees whose earnings were not affected by absence.
† A positive number implies average earnings greater than the mean of the five agreements.
‡ The unweighted mean of average earnings for the five agreements specified above.
Full-time non-manual men aged 21 and over, full-time non-manual women aged 18 and over.
[...] April 1985 settlements are not reflected in the 1985 figures for the first three agreements.
[...] Converted to April 1970 prices by using the retail prices index (all items).
Note:
The figures above for individual years and agreements can be affected by the timing of pay settlements. Changes in average earnings can reflect several factors including changes in the amount of overtime worked and changes in the structure and composition of employment.