§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the increase in average and median earnings of full-time adult male manual workers in manufacturing and non-manufacturing workers since April 1979.
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Earnings of full-time adult employees in Great Britain whose earnings were not affected by absence; April of each year Weekly earnings Percentage increase Hourly earnings 1970–79 1979–89 1970–79 1979–89 (i)Males (a)Manuals in manufacturing 243 139 249 142 (b)Non-manuals not in public sector 226 200 n/a 200 (ii)Males and Females (a)Manuals in public sector 267 126 n/a 137 (b)Non-manuals sector 226 169 n/a 171
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information from the new earnings survey is provided in the table:
Increase in weekly earnings April 1979–April 1989 Percent. Average Median Manufacturing 139 134 Non-manufacturing 138 137 Note: Full-time adult male manual employees in Great Britain whose earnings were not affected by absence.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing (a) the average earnings of full-time adult male manual workers in the motor vehicle industry and (b) the average earnings of full-time adult male non-manual workers generally at (i) the latest available date, (ii) for 1959 and (iii) for 1972; and what information he has as to the nearest comparable figures for 1972 and the latest available date in West Germany.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information is provided in the tables:
1. Average gross hourly earnings of adult male employees in Great Britain: pay not affected by absence, April of each year 1972 £ 1989 £ (a) Manual employees in the motor vehicle industry 0.93 5.69 (b)All non-manual employees 1.11 8.23 Source: New Earnings Survey
2. Manual workers in the motor vehicle industry in West Germany, October of each year 1972 DM 1988 DM Average gross hourly earnings 8.55 21.79 SourceEurostat
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the increase in (a) 1959 to 1968, (b) 1968 to 1979 and (c) 1979 to date in weekly and hourly earnings of (i) full-time adult male manual workers in manufacturing and all other full-time adult males excluding those working in the public sector and (ii) for manual workers and other workers in the public sector.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information from the new earnings survey is provided in the table:
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