§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has regarding the average weekly earnings of an employee aged over 21 years, employed in each sector in respect of which wages councils exist.
§ Mr. LeeThe latest available information, for April 1988, is published in tables 2 and 3 of part A of the report on the new earnings survey 1988 for a full-time male and female employees; and in table 176 of part F for part-time female employees. The figures relate to those on adult rates of pay, irrespective of age, whose earnings were not affected by absence. A copy of the report is in the Library.