§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the average wages or salaries of(a) female and (b) male workers in (i) the industrial, (ii) the services and (iii) the agricultural sectors.
§ Mr. LeeI have been asked to reply.
The information requested, relating to April 1987, is provided in the table.
Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees on adult rates whose earnings were not affected by absence—Great Britain Males £ Females £ Manufacturing industries (SIC 2–4) 222.3 133.4 Service industries (SIC 6–9) 227.6 151.9 Agriculture, forestry and fishing (SIC 0) 145.1 122.3
§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has for each year since 1975 on the average wage increases in percentage terms for women (i) manual workers and (ii) non-manual workers in(a) Belgium, (b) France, (c) the Federal Republic of Germany, (d) Italy, (e) the Netherlands, (f) the United States of America and (g) the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. LeeI have been asked to reply.
The following table sets out the available information published by the International Labour Office covering average hourly wages of females in manufacturing industry. These are mainly manual workers as salaried employees are excluded. Separate information for non-manual workers is not available. Italy and the United States of America do not provide separate figures for females.
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Belgium France Federal Republic of Germany Netherlands United Kingdom Francs2 Percentage increase Francs2 Percentage increase Deutschmarks3 Percentage increase Guilders2 Percentage increase £2 4 Percentage increase 1977 133.39 9.5 12.80 13.0 8.62 7.6 10.02 10.0 1.195 9.2 1978 140.92 5.6 14.50 13.3 9.13 5.9 10.63 6.1 1.346 12.6 1979 151.68 7.6 16.26 12.1 9.62 5.4 11.13 4.7 5 61.571 16.7 1980 164.61 8.5 18.78 15.5 10.25 6.5 11.71 5.2 1.834 17.0 1981 188.31 14.4 21.88 16.5 10.84 5.8 12.23 4.4 2.019 10.1 1982 201.26 6.9 24.73 13.0 11.36 4.8 13.03 6.5 2.200 9.0 1983 213.80 6.2 28.09 13.6 11.70 3.0 13.22 1.5 2.372 7.8 1984 223.25 4.4 529.86 6.3 12.00 2.6 13.41 1.4 2.529 6.6 1985 232.25 4.0 31.78 ֵ 12.54 4.5 13.53 0.9 2.710 7.2 1986 ֵ ֵ 33.02 3.9 13.03 3.9 ֵ ֵ 2.897 6.9 1 Average gross earnings per hour of women of all ages (except salaried employees) unless otherwise indicated. See notes for each country. Figures relate to annual averages unless otherwise indicated. 2 October of each year. 3 Includes family allowance paid directly by employer. 4 Full time female manual workers on adult rates of pay—includes all adults prior to 1980. 5 Change in coverage of series. 6 On a basis consistent with 1980, the 1979 figure was £1.567. ֵ Not available.
Source: International Labour Office:
'Year Book of Labour Statistics 1986'
`Bulletin of Labour Statistics 1987–8'.