HC Deb 24 March 1987 vol 113 c95W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Paymaster General whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the median earnings in each case illustrated in the charts at 5.4 of the latest issue of Social Trends.

Mr. Lee

The information requested is shown in the table:

Median of average gross weekly earnings GB April 1985 Full-time employees on adult rates, whose pay was not affected by absence
Males

£

 Females

£
Industry
Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof 182.8 122.2
Textiles 143.8 92.3
Retail distribution 134.3 87.6
Banking & Finance 221.3 133.9
Education 201.6 164.2

Source:— New Earnings Survey.