§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage increase in average full-time male manual and average full-time and part-time female wages in the Borders region since 1979 to the latest figures available, together with the percentage increase in the retail prices index and the equivalent percentage wage rate increases in United Kingdom national terms for the same period.
§ Mr. LeeEstimates of earnings in the Borders region are available only for full-time manual male employees.
The information is shown in the table:
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Percentage increase April 1979 to April 1986 Gross average weekly earnings Full-lime1 adult2 male manual employees Per cent. Borders region +101 United Kingdom +90 Retail prices index (all times) +80 1 Whose earnings are not affected by absence.
2 On adult rates (1979 figures have been adjusted from an age related basis).
§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report a statistical analysis of average wage rates since 1979 (a) in the Scottish borders. (b) in Scotland and (c) in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LeeThe available information on average earnings for the Borders region and the comparable information for Scotland and the United Kingdom is set out in the table:
Gross average weekly earnings—Full-time1 adult2 male employees (April) £ per week Borders Region Scotland United Kingdom 1979 74.7 93.6 92.9 1980 93.9 114.4 111.5 1981 105.1 124.8 121.6 1982 109.4 136.9 133.5 1983 117.2 145.8 143.2 1983 115.2 143.4 141.2 1984 124.0 156.2 152.3 1985 n/a 164.2 163.2 1986 147.8 173.0 173.9 1 Employees whose earnings were not affected by absence. 2 1979 to 1982 inclusive and the first line of 1983 relates to men aged 21 and over. Second line of 1983 to 1986 inclusive relates to males on adult rates. n/a Not available.