HC Deb 20 March 1989 vol 149 c415W
Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment by how much the average weekly wage in the north-west of England has increased since 1979.

Mr. Lee

The average gross weekly earnings of full-time adult employees in the north-west of England increased by 138 per cent. between April 1979 and April 1988.